The Story of Sebastián Arcos Bergnes: A Son Describes His Father's Transition from Cuban Revolutionary to Champion of Human Rights

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Cuba Archive: Telling the Stories of the Oppressed

Cuba Archive

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4 days ago

We tell the stories of those silenced and oppressed by the communist Cuban regime. Listen to hear their first-hand accounts and the secrets the Cuban government doesn't want you to know. To discover more about the regime and its victims, please visit our website at cubaarchive.org .

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The Story of Sebastián Arcos Bergnes: A Son Describes His Father's Transition from Cuban Revolutionary to Champion of Human Rights

Cuba Archive: Telling the Stories of the Oppressed

25 minutes 33 seconds

5 years ago

The Story of Sebastián Arcos Bergnes: A Son Describes His Father's Transition from Cuban Revolutionary to Champion of Human Rights

In this first episode of Cuba Archive: Telling the Stories of the Oppressed, Sebastián Arcos Cazabón reveals the tragic story of his father, Sebastián Arcos Bergnes: a story of betrayal and oppression, but also of hope and resistance against the evils of a nefarious regime. From a former Cuban revolutionary to a persecuted political prisoner and human rights activist, Sebastián Arcos Bergnes' story illuminates the horrors perpetrated by the Cuban government, as well as his struggle to expose them.

For more information about the atrocities committed by the Cuban regime, please visit: http://cubaarchive.org/

Thank you to Mr. Sebastián Arcos Cazabón for agreeing to tell him and his father's story.

Reproduction or distribution of this material is authorized as long as its source is cited.

WORKS CITED:

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Fulgencio Batista.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 12 Jan. 2020, www.britannica.com/biography/Fulgencio-Batista.

Goforth, Sean H. “Cuba, Twenty-Sixth of July Movement.” Encyclopedia.com, 12 Mar. 2020, www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/cuba-tw enty-sixth-july-movement.

“Gustavo Arcos.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Arcos.

Press, The Associated. “Gustavo Arcos Bergnes, 79, an Early Ally, Then a Critic, of Castro, Dies.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Aug. 2006, www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/world/americas/gustavo-arcos-bergnes-79-an-early-ally-then-a-critic-of.html.

Sentinel, Orlando. “SEBASTIAN ARCOS BERGNES.” OrlandoSentinel.com, 25 Dec. 1997, www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1997-12-25-9712240925-story.html.

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(Note: All of these songs were cut, and their sound was adjusted, thus changes were made to all of them)

Epic Unease by Kevin MacLeod

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