Yunior García Aguilera, Cuban playwright and democracy activist, addressed the 18th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy on February 18, 2026.
Yunior García Aguilera
Cuban playwright and democracy activist
Art and Resistance: Standing Up to Cuba’s Dictatorship with Yúnior García Aguilera
- On: Cuba
- Summit(s): 2026
- Speaker: Yúnior García Aguilera
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