Berta Soler

Berta de los Angeles Soler Fernandez (born July 31, 1963 in Matanzas, Cuba)[1][2][3] is a Cuban dissident.

[5] On March 8th 2003, Soler's husband Moya, the founder of the Alternative Option Movement, was arrested during Cuba's "Black Spring" crackdown on political dissidents in front of his wife and children.

[5] 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.

[13] 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.