Viva la Opresión

"The end of the nine-day official mourning period of Fidel Castro's death means life is back to normal for most Cubans — except for Danilo Maldonado, who languishes in a Cuban prison.

His crime? On the day of Castro's death, the 33-year-old dissident graffiti artist known as "El Sexto" marked the occasion by spray painting his street name on a Havana hotel wall, along with the cheeky message "Se fue" (He's gone).

It didn't go over well with authorities."

"They have been upset with Danilo from the beginning," said Antonio Rodiles, a friend of Maldonado and a well-known political activist in Cuba. "Because this kind of totalitarian regime doesn't like the humour and he's making fun of these people. They are not accustomed to that."

Rodiles, a vocal critic of the government, said he himself has run afoul of the Cuban authorities and has also been arrested and assaulted."

CBC in Cuba