Diaz-Balart Demands Release of Angel Yunier Remón Arzuaga, “El Critico del Arte”

WASHINGTON D.C. –Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) released the following statement urging the release of Cuban rapper and pro-democracy activist Angel Yunier Remón Arzuaga:

"Cuban pro-freedom rapper Angel Yunier Remón Arzuaga, known as ‘el Critico del Arte,' or 'the Art Critic,' and an active member of the Patriotic Union of Cuba, remains in prison after his brutal arrest on March 21, 2013 for expressing his opposition to the Castro dictatorship.Angel is gravely ill after undergoing a hunger strike in a Bayamo prison to protest his unjust punishment. I urge the Obama Administration and the international community to demand the immediate release of this courageous pro-democracy activist so that he may return to his wife Yudisbel Roseyo, infant child, and mother Bárbara Arzuaga."