Cuban asylum seeker in Germany unlocks a new achievement: "Challenge completed"

The Cuban activist Pedro López proudly displayed the driver's license he obtained in Germany, something he described as a new "unlocked challenge" in the forced exile he was compelled to endure due to the persecution and harassment of the Cuban regime.

"Another goal achieved. Thanks to God and all the friends who helped me in this challenge," wrote the Cuban on Facebook, a relative of the political prisoner of July 11, Andy García Lorenzo, who also experienced jail before leaving the island.

Recently, Pedro shared the joy he felt returning to work as a lathe operator in Germany, a trade he practiced in the Caribbean nation. In 2023, he was forced to sell his lathe workshop in Santa Clara to escape the regime's persecution along with his family.

In Cuba, López was an advocate for political prisoners. However, due to his activism, he had to escape the country with his wife and two children, one of whom is García Lorenzo's brother-in-law, who is still imprisoned.

Before escaping, López was arbitrarily detained at a police station in Santa Clara, accused of the alleged crime of "incitement to commit a crime."

"My dad was charged with incitement to commit a crime," assured his son Jonatan López through a video he posted on Facebook.

However, her entire family was the target of the intimidation practices of the Cuban regime when government supporters, encouraged by State Security, threw eggs at the facade of their house in the city of Santa Clara, apparently for hours in the early morning.

"Do they punish our family because we were the ones who built the double valves for the hospitals, the ones who repaired the regulators in Santa Clara during the pandemic? Do they punish our family because we were the ones who saved countless lives in Santa Clara?" he questioned.

Although the regime punished the brave attitude of this activist, during the Covid-19 pandemic, López dedicated himself to innovating to help hospitals in the Villa Clara province for free.

He produced valves for the distribution of oxygen to Covid-19 patients, without charging a single peso for it, and still suffered harassment from State Security.