Leading Cuban dissident released from hospital after 4 weeks


  • World
  • Tuesday, 01 Jun 2021

FILE PHOTO Dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara speaks during an interview at the headquarters of San Isidro Movement in Havana Cuba April 6 2021. REUTERSAlexandre MeneghiniFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara speaks during an interview at the headquarters of San Isidro Movement in Havana, Cuba, April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo

HAVANA (Reuters) -Leading Cuban dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara vowed to keep fighting after he was released from hospital on Monday, four weeks after authorities admitted the "artivist" while he was staging a hunger and thirst strike.

The General Calixto Garcia hospital in Havana said its treatment had enabled the 33-year-old artist to completely recover from his diagnosis of "voluntary starvation," and his clinical and health parameters were now all within normal range.

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