List of United States citizens granted political asylum in Cuba

This is a list of United States citizens who have been granted political asylum in Cuba.

House Concurrent Resolution 254, passed in 1998, put the number at 90.^[1] One estimate, c. 2000, put the number at approximately 100.^[2]

Contents
A B C E F H N S V W

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A

• Nehanda Abiodun^[3]
• Hugh Almeida, U.S. Army physician^[4]

B

• William Lee Brent^[5]

C

• Eldridge Cleaver

E

• Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin^[6]

G

• Víctor Manuel Gerena

N

• Huey P. Newton

S

• Assata Shakur^[7]

Tupac Shakur

T

• Frank Terpil

V

• Robert Vesco^[7]

W

• Robert F. Williams

See also

• Cuba-United States relations
• List of people granted political asylum

References

1. House Concurrent Resolution 254.
2. Reed Irvine and Cliff Kincaid. 2000, May 11. "Sending Elian Back To A Terrorist State." Accuracy in Media.
3. Asha Bandele. 2003, January. "Cuba's soul: the nation's spirit still thrives. Just ask the women." Essence.
4. Costello D. 1986, August 13. "Cuba claims U.S. officer in defection." Courier-Mail.
5. Larry Rohter. 1996, April 9. "Havana Journal;25 Years an Exile: An Old Black Panther Sums Up." New York Times.
6. Aidan Smith. 2000, May 2. "The Gun-toting Black Panther who turned into a Pussycat." The Scotsman.
7. New York Post. May 9, 1998. "Playing Chesimard with Cuba." p. 14.