Angel Moya Acosta (born 20 September 1964) is a Cuban construction worker and the founder of the Alternative Option Movement.
[clarification needed] His wife Berta Soler, now leader of the Ladies in White movement,[5] campaigned on his behalf.
[6] When Moya suffered a herniated disc in October 2004, Soler began a campaign to urge the government to give him an operation, submitting a letter to President Fidel Castro on his behalf and staging a rare protest in Havana's Plaza de la Revolución with the Ladies in White.
[9] In March 2012, Soler and Moya were detained along with three dozen other demonstrators when they staged their weekly protest ahead of a visit of Pope Benedict XVI.
Soler told reporters that authorities had warned the Ladies to avoid Benedict's public appearances, including masses.