US Embassy in Havana Denies Visa to El Sexto

US Embassy in Havana Denies Visa to El Sexto / Diario de Cuba
Posted on November 13, 2015

"This too shall pass"

Diario de Cuba, Havana, 14 November 2015 – The United States Embassy in
Cuba has denied a non-immigrant visa to the graffiti artist Danilo
Maldonado, known as "El Sexto" (The Sixth), according to information on
Friday from the artist himself, via his Facebook account.

The graffiti artist displayed a document where the embassy said that the
decision cannot be appealed, but that it is not permanent. In any event,
it recommended that Maldonado wait for one year before submitting a new
visa application.

The artist was recently released after spending 10 months in prison
without trial for trying to stage a controversial performance in
December of 2014. Amnesty International declared him a prisoner of
conscience.

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