Reply #10: Exiled Opposition Activist Has Come Home to Stay [View All]

More detail about why he's staying and interesting comments by *opposition* on the island. He is also writing his biography.

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...''I reject any kind of destabilising movement or those that work for the interests of foreign powers or governments,'' said Gutiérrez Menoyo, who describes himself as a ''peace activist.''

He also said that from a legal standpoint, he is not breaking any laws by staying in Cuba. ''I am coming home. I cannot remember, nor do I wish to remember, how long I was away,'' he added.

''I am returning here with the aim of forging a space from which to legally work to build a future of pluralism and coexistence. Cubans should no longer be denied the prosperity they deserve,'' he added.

Activist Vladimiro Roca, who spent five years in prison on charges of ''sedition'' and now forms part of the dissident group Todos Unidos (United All), described Gutiérrez Menoyo's decision as ''brave.''

http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=19582

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CIP's Wayne Smith and Eloy Guitierrez Menoyo, former political prisoner in Cuba and head of "Cambio Cubano"