{International}Cuba Puts On Trial? Over Death of Dissident Who Was Supposed to Have Died in a Crash

Mr Carromero (C) expressed "profound sorrow" for the accident

  The Cuban g©rnment  and everyone else in Cuba close to the government said" that the crash of Oswaldo was just a plain accident. Everyone that knew him and knew the government knew about excuses over people who disappear and killings before.

 After everyone cried fowl the government decided to bring forward the person responsible, or so they say. Amazingly enough in  how the government in a magical way found the person responsible for planting the tree or actually killing Oswaldo and making the accident scene as a cover up. One day you, a good driver with an ok car under cuban standards just crash into a tree and you died. A few months latter the government is got someone responsible.  This is just adamfoxies*s A Little introduction of what is happening in Cuba. I believe that if you live anywhere on the Southeast coast of the uS you should have an interest about Cuba. You should  remember, because of Cuba your sons that now write stories would not be here, because Cuba and many of us would not be here either.
The following is what I got coming out of Cuba:

Spanish national Angel Carromero has gone on trial in Cuba accused of manslaughter over the death of high-profile dissident Oswaldo Paya.

Mr Carromero has been in custody since 22 July when a car he was driving hit a tree and crashed, killing Mr Paya and another Cuban activist, Harold Cepero.

The trial is in Bayamo, 800km (500 miles) east of the capital Havana, close to the site of the accident.

A dissident blogger is said to have been arrested on her way to the trial.

The blogger, Yoani Sanchez, is known for highlighting issues affecting young Cubans on the communist-run island.

The pro-government blog Yohandry.com said she was arrested with her husband because they planned a "provocation" and "media show" that could endanger the credibility of the trial.

'Arbitrary'

The trial in Bayamo is expected to last one day.

Mr Carromero, 27, the head of the youth wing of Spain's ruling Popular Party, told the court he felt "profound sorrow for the unfortunate accident that took place".

But he denied that he had been speeding at the time, as alleged by prosecutors.

"The last time that I looked at my speedometer, I was not going faster than 80 or
90km/h (50-55mph)," he said.

"I have lost a lot during this time, and I'm going to lose even more, but nothing in comparison with the pain felt by the families involved."

Mr Carromero and a Swedish activist were injured in the crash. Prosecutors are seeking a seven-year term for vehicular manslaughter.

Oswaldo Paya's family has disputed the circumstances around the 60-year-old's death and has alleged the vehicle was deliberately forced off the road.

Mr Paya was best known as the founder of the Varela project, a campaign begun in 1998 to gather signatures in support of a referendum on laws guaranteeing civil rights.

The UK-based human rights group Amnesty International criticised what the "arbitrary arrests" of Ms Sanchez and her husband, and called for an end to restrictions on free expression in Cuba.

The US State Department also condemned the arrests.

"We are very deeply disturbed by the Cuban government's repeated use of arbitrary detention to silence critics, disrupt peaceful assembly and certainly to impede independent journalism," said spokesman Mark Toner.