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born 1937 Cuba

Armando Valladares Perez (born May 30, 1937) is a Cuban poet, diplomat, and human rights activist, who was imprisoned by the Fidel Castro Regime from 1960-1982. His books include the poetry collection, From My Wheelchair (1977), and the autobiographical work, Against All Hope: A Memoir of Life in Castro's Gulag (1985).

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He was a man full of hatred … Che Guevara executed dozens and dozens of people who never once stood trial and were never declared guilty … In his own words, he said the following: "At the smallest of doubt we must execute." And that's what he did at the Sierra Maestra and the prison of Las Cabanas.

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