Jesús Escandell

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Jesús Escandell Romero is a Cuban politician, president of the Cuban trade union "Central de Trabajadores Cubanos" (CTC) from 1985 to 1991.[1]

In 1996 he was arrested, and spent nine months jailed without charge, at the Cuban political prison Villa Marista. Most observers believe that he was accused of espionage.[2], in particular for his alleged role in leaking classified documents to foreign embassies, related to the 1996 purge against the Centre for American Studies (CEA).

[edit] References

  1. ^ Marifeli Pérez-Stable on syndicalism in Cuba.
  2. ^ Jesús Escandell jailed for espiongae.
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