Cuban artist and dissident exiled from country after 5 years in prison arrives in U.S.

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, a Cuban artist and dissident, arrived in Miami after being released from a five-year prison sentence in Cuba under the condition that he leave the country. He was greeted with a Cuban flag bearing the anthem 'Patria y Vida,' which he co-created, and the U.S. granted him parole. His arrest in 2021 for public disorder led to a 5-year sentence, which human rights groups labeled political imprisonment, though the Cuban government denied this.