Eusebio Peñalver Mazorra
Eusebio Peñalver Mazorra (1936–2006) was an Afro-Cuban anti-Castro political prisoner who was captured in 1960 during the Cuban governments War Against the Bandits and spent 28 years in prison before being released in 1988.[1][2]
[edit] Early life
He was born in Ciego de Avila, Camagüey, Cuba on July 1, 1936.[3]
[edit] Imprisonment
Peñalver alleged that during his time in prison he "suffered the most brutal tortures as a result of continuous harassment for 24 hours a day and seven days a week" and that these "tortures" allowed him to build "a shield of virile resistance" as a "plantado." In a 1999 interview with The Associated Press, he defined a "plantado" as a person who firmly plants his feet while struggling for freedom and democracy in Cuba.[1]
During the presidency of George W. Bush, Bush referred to Peñalver as a patriot.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ariel Remos. "Cuban ex political prisoner, Eusebio Peñalver Mazorra, dies". http://www.directorio.org/pressreleases/note.php?note_id=1026.
- ^ "EUSEBIO PEÑALVER MAZORRA". autentico.org. http://www.autentico.org/oa09226.php.
- ^ a b c Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. "IN RECOGNITION OF EUSEBIO PENALVER MAZORRA". http://www.govtrack.us/congress/record.xpd?id=109-h20060606-7#sMonofilemx003Ammx002Fmmx002Fmmx002Fmhomemx002Fmgovtrackmx002Fmdatamx002Fmusmx002Fm109mx002Fmcrmx002Fmh20060606-7.xmlElementm0m0m0m.
