Independent journalist says firing was reprisal

Independent journalist says firing was reprisal

HAVANA, Cuba, September 25 (Roberto Santana Rodríguez / www.cubanet.org)
- Independent journalist Julio Aleaga Pesant, who was recently fired
from his job charges the firing was in reprisal for an article he wrote
September 8 denouncing a near epidemic of dengue fever in Cuba.

Aleaga, 46, says officers of the Department of State Security met with
his supervisor in the public health pavilion of Expo Cuba and told him
of that he is an independent journalist. The supervisor, Leonardo
Hernández, then dismissed him from his job in publicity and promotions
of upcoming events.

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