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Cuban dissident takes
refuge in Argentine embassy in Havana
BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - A Cuban dissident,
Hilda Molina, has taken refuge in the Argentine embassy in Havana, a top
Argentine official told AFP.
Molina, a renowned neurosurgeon, has been campaigning for 10 years to be
able to travel to Argentina to see her son, Roberto Quinones, as well as
two grandchildren she has never met and other members of her family.
Jorge Arguello, head of the Argentine national assembly's foreign
affairs commission, told AFP that Molina was in the mission.
"She is inside the embassy," said Arguello, who added that once the case
has been checked, "Argentina will have to make a decision about this
topic."
La Nacion newspaper reported earlier that Molina, 61, and her mother,
Hilda Morejon, 84, had entered the Argentine mission in a bid to seek
asylum.
Argentina's ambassador to Cuba, Raul Taleb, was rushing back to Havana
from Buenos Aires to handle the case, Arguello said.
Earlier this month, Argentine President Nestor Kirchner wrote to his
Cuban counterpart Fidel Castro (news - web sites), asking him to allow
Molina to visit Argentina.
Castro wrote back saying that Molina's family should visit her in Cuba.
The ambassador to Havana said Wednesday that the response "did not
satisfy the government."
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