FROM
CUBA
Independent journalist fired from his job
as farm worker
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, December 1 (Yoel Espinosa
Medrano, Cubanacán Press / www.cubanet.org)
- Bernardo Arévalo Padrón
says he was fired from his job in the municipality
of Aguada de Pasajeros in Cienfuegos because
he refused to stop being an independent
journalist.
According to Arévalo, Antonio García
Agüero, president of the farm cooperative
where the journalist worked, told him he
had to submit a written statement that he
was giving up independent journalism or
be fired.
Arévalo said he refused and was
fired. He has worked there as a farm worker.
He is also director of the Línea
Sur agency.
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