Havana, Cuba, Jun 8, 2012 / 17:22 pm
Berta Soler, the leader of the protest group Women in White, said she trusts Havana's archbishop will be able to help end political repression in Cuba, following their recent meeting.
"It was a very open discussion and we left very content," Soler said of the June 7 meeting. "The cardinal was very receptive, and he listened to us."
The meeting between the members of the Women in White and Cardinal Ortega, which lasted over three hours, allowed the women to express their concerns for their imprisoned family members and seek the cardinal's intercession in ending repression by the communist government.
"The Cardinal can pass on our concern to the Cuban government, to Raul Castro, and the (appeal for) violence against the Women in White to diminish–that is in Raul Castro's hands," she said.