Before Obama’s visit to Cuba in Havana detained opposition – Interfax

Moscow. 21 March. INTERFAX.RU – A series of arrests of oppositionists held in Havana on the eve of the visit of US President Barack Obama to Cuba, according to TV and radio stations, “Marty”, working for Cuba from the United States

In her television were shown footage from the action of motion. ” Ladies in white “, which suppress the staff of the Cuban army and police. This movement is made up of relatives of the Cuban opposition.

In a commentary, “Marty,” it was said that several dozen participants of the action put into buses and taken to the Columbus city in the Cuban province of Matanzas, which is located a few hundred kilometers east of Havana.

Meanwhile, as part of Obama’s visit to Cuba he will meet with a number of Cuban dissidents. The White House did not name the names of those who have been invited to this meeting. At the same time, some of the opposition confirmed that received an invitation – among them the leader of the “Women in White” Berta Soler, leader of the opposition “Patriotic Cuban Union” Jose Daniel Ferrer, winner of the Sakharov Prize 2010 Guillermo Fariñas and some other

<. p> The ability to meet with Cuban opposition was one of the conditions when planning the visit of the US President to Cuba. In this case, the White House announced that the list of invitees to the meeting of the opposition “is not a subject of discussion”.

Obama came to the historic visit to Cuba on Sunday in the afternoon local time (on Monday in the night Moscow time). He became the first in the last 88 years, the US president to visit Cuba.