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Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique

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Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique
Died2016
Havana
NationalityCuban
Academic career
FieldIndependent economics
InstitutionInstituto de Economía

Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique was [1] a Cuban independent economist.[2] Ramos Lauzerique and Marta Beatriz Roque founded the Instituto de Economía.[3]


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The group of economists has exposed how the communist government uses false statistics when reporting to the people and to international organizations.[3]

He was imprisoned during the Black Spring in 2003 and Amnesty International recognized him as a prisoner of conscience.[4]

In August 2005 political prisoners Adolfo Fernández Sainz and Alfredo Domínguez Batista went on a hunger strike after Ramos was beaten by guards.[5]

Ramos was freed in November 2010.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Muere en Cuba Arnaldo Ramos, ex preso político del Grupo de los 75". 3 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Síntesis biográfica de Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique". Payolibre.com. Archived from the original on 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  3. ^ a b "Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique". Net for Cuba. Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  4. ^ "Cuba: Prisoners of conscience: 71 longing for freedom". Amnesty International. Archived from the original on 2009-07-18.
  5. ^ "Síntesis biográfica de Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique". Archived from the original on 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  6. ^ "Cuba frees political prisoner who refused exile deal". BBC News. 14 November 2010.