Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara cleared to travel to US

Whereabouts of artist imprisoned after 2021 protests had been unknown following end of his prison term in July Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, a prominent Cuban dissident artist whose whereabouts remained unknown after his prison sentence ended last week, has...

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What happened: Whereabouts of artist imprisoned after 2021 protests had been unknown following end of his prison term in July Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, a prominent Cuban dissident artist whose whereabouts remained unknown after his prison sentence ended last week, has...

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Source attribution: The Guardian World via theguardian.com. Original report: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/17/cuban-dissident-artist-luis-manuel-otero-alcantara-cleared-to-travel-to-us