By Carter Roush and Aaron Smothers The air was still in Matanzas, Cuba, but its streets were alive with dissent. Edilie Moreno Fernandez knows she will be arrested soon. Shaky camera footage, shot by Fernandez’s son, Jesus Jr., exposes the Cuban...
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By Carter Roush and Aaron Smothers The air was still in Matanzas, Cuba, but its streets were alive with dissent. Edilie Moreno Fernandez knows she will be arrested soon. Shaky camera footage, shot by Fernandez’s son, Jesus Jr., exposes the Cuban government violating human rights during a 2012 protest. In the video, women dressed in white, calling themselves Las Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White), march the decaying streets carrying the Cuban flag shouting cries for liberty. Fernandez is standing at the far left, clutching a corner of the flag. Suddenly, undercover police emerge from the crowd and arrest Fernandez and her fellow protestors. The video then ends abruptly. A year later, Fernandez, her husband, and son Jose Jr. are safe in Jacksonville. Although the family is glad to be free of Castro’s regime, they are not without struggles in their newfound home. Fernandez and her family are surviving on a meager $300 a month, $200 of which is from a threemonthlong cash
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