Raúl Rivero

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Raúl Rivero Castañeda is a Cuban poet, journalist, and dissident. Rivero was born in 1945 in Morón, Camagüey, in central Cuba. His dissident journalism made him a target for the authorities.

In 2003, Rivero was charged with "acting against Cuban independence and attempting to divide Cuban territorial unity", as well as with writing "against the government", organising "subversive meetings" at his home, and collaborating with US diplomat James Cason. [1] Rivero was convicted and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. In November 2004 he was released following international pressure on Cuba and subsequently relocated to Spain.

In 2004, Rivero was awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.

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