Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Ortega told the Caribbean Net News website yesterday (May 2, 2010) that he managed to convince the Cuban government to lift its nearly month-long ban on street protests by "Ladies in White" -- the wives and mothers of political prisoners.
The Archbishop of Havana made his announcement while delivering a mass at the Church of Santa Rita, after which he presided over a march by 12 members of the Ladies in White down the capital's Fifth Avenue.
For three previous Sundays, similar marches were attempted but stopped outside the church by police, who said the group lacked a protest permit.
The Cuban government refuses to admit it holds political prisoners and accuses the Ladies in White of being "mercenaries" and agents of American-sponsored "subversion" on the island.
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