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06 March 2010
CUBA: Another Dissident Hunger Striker Says He's Ready To Die.
REUTERS/ Vowing that the recent death of dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo would not be in vain, Guillermo Farinas, 48, said he is ready to die to bring change in Cuba. On February 24, the psychologist and freelance writer quit eating and taking liquids, one day after dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo died from an 85-day hunger strike. Farinas has served time in jail for his dissident activities and is on his 23rd hunger strike.
