List of United States citizens granted political asylum in Cuba
- List of United States citizens granted political asylum in Cuba
This is a list of United States citizens who have been granted political asylum in Cuba.
House Concurrent Resolution 254, passed in 1998, put the number at 90. [ [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:hc254: House Concurrent Resolution 254] .] One estimate, circa 2000, put the number at approximately 100. [Reed Irvine and Cliff Kincaid. 2000, May 11. " [http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/A3047_0_2_0_C/ Sending Elian Back To A Terrorist State] ." "Accuracy in Media".]
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*Nehanda Abiodun [Asha Bandele. 2003, January. " [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1264/is_9_33/ai_96195365/pg_2 Cuba's soul: the nation's spirit still thrives. Just ask the women] ." "Essence".]
*Hugh Almeida, U.S. Army Physician. [2002, November 29. " [http://1169andcounting.blogspot.com/2002_11_24_1169andcounting_archive.html 1169 and counting...] .] [Costello D. 1986, August 13. "Cuba claims U.S. officer in defection." "Courier-Mail".]
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*William Lee Brent [Larry Rohter. 1996, April 9. "Havana Journal;25 Years an Exile: An Old Black Panther Sums Up." "New York Times".]
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*Eldridge Cleaver
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*Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin [Aidan Smith. 2000, May 2. "The Gun-toting Black Panther who turned into a Pussycat." "The Scotsman".]
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*Michael Finney
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*Charles Hill
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*Huey P. Newton
*Assata Shakur[New York Post. May 9, 1998. "Playing Chesimard with Cuba." p. 14.] ]V
*Robert Vesco
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*Robert F. Williams
ee also
*Cuba-United States relations
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