Armando Valladares
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1937 –
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Who is Armando Valladares?
Armando Valladares Perez is a Cuban poet, diplomat, and human rights activist. In 1960, he was arrested by the Cuban government for protesting communism, leading Amnesty International to name him a prisoner of conscience. Following his release in 1982, he wrote a book detailing his imprisonment and torture at the hands of the Cuban government, and was appointed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to serve as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
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