Herberto Padilla
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Herberto Padilla (died September 25, 2000) was a Cuban poet famous for being arrested in Havana on March 20, 1971 and released only after signing a confession stating he was a "vicious character" who took part in counterrevolutionary activities. A letter to Fidel Castro published May 20 in Paris from 60 leftist intellectuals, all supporters of the Cuban Revolution, protested Padilla's treatment and accused Castro of imposing Stalinism on Cuba. Among the 60: Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Susan Sontag, Alberto Moravia, Carlos Fuentes, and Mario Vargas Llosa (who said he continued to support the Cuban Revolution). Julio Cortázar of Argentina said he stood by Castro in a verse manifesto, Policrítica en la hora de los chacales.
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- Simone de Beauvoir
- Italo Calvino
- Jose Maria Castellet
- Julio Cortazar
- Jean Daniel
- Marguerite Duras
- Hans Magnus Enzensberger
- Carlos Franqui
- Carlos Fuentes
- Gabriel Garcia Márquez
- Juan Goytisolo
- Luis Goytisolo
- Alain Jouffroy
- André Pieyre de Mandiargues
- Dionys Mascolo
- Alberto Moravia
- Maurice Nadeau
- Octavio Paz
- Francisco Rosi
- Rossana Rossanda
- Claude Roy
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- Jorge Semprun
- Mario Vargas Llosa
