The Cuban opponent Guillermo del Sol Pérez was urgently transferred to the hospital this Friday in an unconscious state, after completing 72 consecutive days on a hunger strike, according to information shared by the platform Cuba Decide, led by Rosa María Payá, based on a report by Adrián del Sol Alfonso, the activist's son.
Del Sol shows extreme physical deterioration due to more than ten weeks without consuming solid food. According to family reports, the activist has very high blood pressure and severe chest pain.
The doctors plan to perform an electrocardiogram to assess his cardiac condition.
His son Adrián described this Tuesday the clinical picture with alarming figures: "With a concerning blood pressure of 190/110 mmHg and a plummeting blood sugar at 3.3 mmol/L, Guillermo is on the brink of multi-organ failure or an imminent fatal outcome."
Del Sol, born in Santa Clara in 1965, began his hunger strike on June 19 to demand the release of 18 political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, a protest that he also linked to the revocation of the extrapenal license of Leonel Tristá García, a participant in the 11J protests who was reimprisoned in June 2026.
Of the 18 requested prisoners, only Jonathan David Muir Burgos —16 years old, the youngest political prisoner of the regime— was released on June 24. The other 17 remain incarcerated, including Félix Navarro Rodríguez, Donaida Pérez Paseiro, Saylí Navarro Álvarez, and José Gabriel Barrenechea Chávez.
The deterioration of Del Sol has been progressive and documented week by week. On day 46, he was reported to be in serious condition; three days later, he declared, "I want to die." In mid-August, he was hospitalized at the Arnaldo Milián Castro Hospital in Santa Clara after fainting, received intravenous hydration, and was discharged.
On August 18, according to what the son declared to Árbol Invertido, the provincial hospital denied a new admission due to an alleged "lack of judgment." Five days later, on the brink of 66 days of hunger strike, his blood pressure reached 200/130 and his blood glucose was at 3.0 mmol/L.
The situation is particularly critical because Del Sol suffers from type 2 diabetes, severe hypertension, asthma, heart disease, and a history of thrombosis, conditions that severely exacerbate the effects of a prolonged hunger strike.
Cuba Decide and the activist's family directly hold the Cuban authorities responsible for what may occur: "Guillermo del Sol's life is in serious danger. We hold the Cuban authorities accountable for any irreversible consequences for his life and integrity, and we demand that he receives adequate, ongoing medical care without interference."
This is not the first time Del Sol has pushed his body to the limit for a political cause: throughout his career as an opposition figure, he has staged at least 14 hunger strikes, including one lasting approximately 40 days in 2019 that also ended with his hospitalization in Santa Clara.
His family is attentive to the initial hours of medical care and any changes in his condition.
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