AP/ MIAMI HERALD/ Critics in Brasil and around the world are attacking President Lula da Silva's recent comments about Cuba's treatment of political prisoners and the use of hunger strikes for human rights. "With that statement, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shows his commitment to the tyranny of Castro and his contempt for the political prisoners and their families," said Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas. "A majority of the Cuban people feel betrayed by a president who was once a political prisoner." Lula led worker strikes against Brasil's military regime and was imprisoned for 31 days in 1980 for his political activities. "I've been on hunger strikes and I would never do it again," Lula said. "I think it's insane to mistreat your own body."
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