Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique

Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique is a Cuban independent economist.[1] Ramos Lauzerique and Marta Beatriz Roque founded the Instituto de Economía.[2]

Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique
NationalityCuban
InstitutionInstituto de Economía
FieldIndependent economics

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The group of economists has exposed how the communist government uses false statistics when reporting to the people and to international organizations.[2]

He was imprisoned during the Black Spring in 2003 and Amnesty International recognized him as a prisoner of conscience.[3]

In August 2005 political prisoners Adolfo Fernández Sainz and Alfredo Domínguez Batista went on a hunger strike after Ramos was beaten by guards.[4]

Ramos was freed in November 2010.[5]

References
  1. "Síntesis biográfica de Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique". Payolibre.com.
  2. "Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique". Net for Cuba. Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  3. "Cuba: Prisoners of conscience: 71 longing for freedom". Amnesty International. Archived from the original on 2009-07-18.
  4. "Síntesis biográfica de Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique".
  5. "Cuba frees political prisoner who refused exile deal". BBC News. 14 November 2010.


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