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Menoyo is the only exile with cojones enough to return to the island to try to effect change there. He also spent 22 years in prison in Cuba. He's been living in Havana since 2003. He speaks out regularly. More interviews/articles about him can be found at Francisco Aruca's Progreso Weekly type "menoyo" in the search box and press enter.

August 4, 2006, Havana

Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo: On the succession and the future

In the face of the official announcement concerning the seriousness
of Fidel Castro's health, I wish for his improvement and
recuperation. As is well known, Fidel and I are diametrically
separated by his concept of history and my vision of democracy, and
consequently, we find ourselves at opposite ends of the political
spectrum.

Despite that, enormously concerned about the situation in the
country, it falls upon me as a loyal adversary to sheathe for the
moment the saber of political struggle and rise above the wreckage,
the miscalculations, and the differences that have distanced us from
each other.

A civilized dialogue can bring solutions that are not achieved by the
mere disappearance of an adversary. I have said, and today I repeat,
that the participation of Fidel in the dialogue with the opposition
would be very positive. It has been some time since Cuba demanded
from all of us the exercise of reconciliation.

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