Pedro Luis Boitel

Pedro Luis Boitel (May 13, 1931 – May 25, 1972) was a Cuban poet and dissident who opposed the governments of both Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro.

Pedro Luis Boitel was born into a humble family[1] originally from Picardy (France), and studied at the University of Havana while also working as a radio technician.

[1] As a Christian, Boitel became dissatisfied with political events in Cuba and formed a clandestine organization, The Movement to Recuperate the Revolution (MRR).

[citation needed] In 1961 Boitel was detained and accused of conspiracy against the state, and was summarily sentenced to ten years in jail.

[1] In 1973, the year after Boitel died, Claretta gave an interview about her son via a phone conversation with Tomás Regalado, a news editor for WFAB, a Spanish language radio station in Miami, Florida.