Before his homeland of Cuba accused him of being a terrorist hellbent on toppling the island's government, Pavel Alling Peña was a writer. For years, the 45-year-old man shared the poems he wrote and the elaborate videos he made reciting them with his Facebook friends. "Before you, the sun was a parabola of light, a star that cast a unique shadow, my shadow like a symbol of loneliness. Before ...
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM on February 28, 2026