Cuban Journalist Is Freed, Vows to Keep Writing

Cuba’s most prominent political prisoner, poet and journalist Raul Rivero, and rights activist Osvaldo Alfonso were released from prison Tuesday.

Three other dissidents had been released Monday.

Sitting in a fourth-floor apartment surrounded by books of poetry and letters supporting his freedom, Rivero said he planned to return to his writing.

“I never insulted any leaders or told a lie,” he said. “What I did was express my opinion in an honest and decent manner. What I plan to do is exactly that, in other words write.... If I can’t do that, I can’t do anything.”