Nelson Moliné Espino is a

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

n dissident who was declared a

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. He was president of the unofficial Confederación de Trabajadores Democráticos de Cuba (English: Confederation of Democratic Workers of Cuba), and a member of the unofficial Partido 30 de noviembre (English: 30 November Party). He was arrested during the Black Spring in 2003 and sentenced to 21 years in jail. After Tripartite talks between the Cuban government, the Catholic Church in Cuba and the Spanish government in 2010 he was released on July 7, 2010, and traveled to Spain.''Fecha histórica: concluye liberación de prisioneros del Grupo de los 75''
. ''Café Fuerte''. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2012.

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