Blanca González
Blanca González is the mother of Cuban political prisoner Normando Hernández. The following is from the September 18, 2008, hearing “Families Torn Apart: Human Rights and U.S. Restrictions on Cuban–American Travel. My son was arrested in March 2003 in whatis know as the Black Spring that led to 75 men and women being imprisonedbecause of their peaceful opposition in Cuba. Myson, Normando Hernández, was condemned to 25 years of prison simply forexercising his profession of independent journalist. His trial came from out ofthe Stalinist era, and there was no chance for him to defend himself becauseeven before the…
