The Presidential Medal of Freedom was awarded in absentia in 2007 for his dedication to advancing human rights and democracy in Cuba.
Here is his speech (emphasis added),
Cruel and inhuman punishments, torture, the imprisonments and shootings for dissenters are the instruments of state terror that are used to keep the Cuban people subjugated. This is a Cold War state where my people still live and that we do not accept.
(h/t Babalu)
https://panampost.com/sabrina-martin/2016/06/15/cumanazo-food-riots-shut-down-venezuelan-city-as-police-join-rampage/
This brings tears to my eyes.
The police are joining in. Things won’t change until the military do.
Dr Biscet is truly exceptional.