Back أرماندو فالاداريس Arabic ارماندو فالاداريس ARZ Armando Valladares German Armando Valladares Spanish آرماندو وایادارس Persian Armando Valladares French Armando Valladares ID Armando Valladares Italian Armando Valladares Polish Вальядарес, Армандо Russian
Armando Valladares | |
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| Born | Armando Valladares Pérez May 30, 1937 |
| Nationality | Cuban American |
| Occupation(s) | Poet Diplomat Activist |
| Known for | Imprisonment of 22 years by Cuban government |
| Title | United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (1988-1990) |
Armando Valladares Perez (born May 30, 1937) is a Cuban-American poet, diplomat and former political prisoner for his involvement in the Cuban dissident movement.
In 1960, he was arrested by the Cuban government for opposing Fidel Castro, after having initially supported him.[1] As a result Amnesty International named him a prisoner of conscience.[2]
Following his release in 1982, he wrote a book detailing his imprisonment and torture at the hands of the Cuban government, and was appointed in 1987 by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to serve as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.[3]
- ^ David Devoss (November 9, 1986). "A Conversation With Armando Valladares". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "A rmando Valladares". Radio Humanity. October 5, 2011. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Human Rights Foundation". hrf.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.