DATA OF INTEREST
GUEST:
DAVID GONZÁLEZ MORENO
HOST:
ANAELI IBARRA
Synopsis:
A conversation with David González Moreno, son of the independent journalist Ricardo González, one of the members of the Grupo de los 75, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison during the Black Spring in Cuba. Together, father and son narrate the experience of a family who faced threats, harassment and abuse from the Cuban government.
Bio:
David González Moreno, the son of Ricardo González, was born December 30,1987 in Cuba. He studied Computer Sciences at the Politécnico Pablo de la Torriente Brau. He was one of the original members of Demóngeles, and studied at the Dulce María Loynaz Poetry Workshop. He then studied mural painting for 6 months at the Escuela de Restauración de La Habana Vieja. In Spain he has taken several Computer Science courses and is currently in the second year of an ASIR Degree (Network Computer Administration Systems). His father was arrested March 18, 2003 and after summary proceedings was sentenced to 20 years of prison, instead of the attempted sentence of life with the possibility of parole. He emigrated to Spain when he was expatriated in 2010, after spending 7 years and 4 months in prison and being recognized as a prisoner of consciousness by Amnesty International.
