Word: arnaldo
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...most visible sign of a possible fissure within the ruling elite was the execution last July of Major General Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, a celebrated war hero, and three other officers. Though they were charged with drug smuggling and corruption, many Cuban exiles believe their real crime was to pose a threat to Castro and his brother Raul, the Defense Minister and heir designate. Meanwhile, the government jailed at least ten human-rights activists last year. The U.S. State Department's annual human-rights report, which was issued last week, lambasted Cuba's record, which it said had "worsened significantly...