Armando Andrés Betancourt Reina is an independent Cuban journalist and author.
In 2006 Betancourt Reina was a reporter for Nueva Prensa Cubana, an independent news agency.
[1] He was arrested on 23 May 2006 while watching a forced eviction of poor people in La Guernica, Camagüey, and detained on charges of public disorder.
[6] In June and July 2006 his request to see a Catholic priest was denied by the authorities at Ceramica Rota (Red Ceramic) prison in Camaguey, where he was being held.
[7] He was one of three Cuban journalists who were given long prison sentences in 2006, the other two being Raymundo Perdigon Brito and Guillermo Espinosa Rodriguez.