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Diaz-Balart described Sanabria Tarazona as a courageous political prisoner who had endured years of abuse, including a stint in Maduro’s notorious torture facility, El Helicoide.
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Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025
He was sometimes likened to Nelson Mandela, that other legendary political prisoner of the Cold War, who similarly spent his postwar life working to reconcile his countrymen and extolling the virtues of nonviolence.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
The story centers on political prisoner Valentín (Diego Luna) who shares a cell with Molina (Tonatiuh), a window dresser convicted of public indecency.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2025
José Mujica—the former guerrilla fighter, political prisoner, philosopher, and Uruguayan President, known affectionately throughout Latin America as Pepe—died on Tuesday, at the age of eighty-nine.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
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Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025
He was sometimes likened to Nelson Mandela, that other legendary political prisoner of the Cold War, who similarly spent his postwar life working to reconcile his countrymen and extolling the virtues of nonviolence.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
The story centers on political prisoner Valentín (Diego Luna) who shares a cell with Molina (Tonatiuh), a window dresser convicted of public indecency.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2025
José Mujica—the former guerrilla fighter, political prisoner, philosopher, and Uruguayan President, known affectionately throughout Latin America as Pepe—died on Tuesday, at the age of eighty-nine.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
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“Political prisoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/political%20prisoner. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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