Raymar AGUADO & HERNÁNDEZ Alexander HALL LUJARDO

Art critic and columnist Raymar Aguado Hernández and historian and author Alexander Hall Lujardo continued to be subject to ongoing harassment in 2024 (see Case List 2023/2024).  

Aguado Hernández was summoned for questioning on 28 June 2024 in connection with articles he had written and his social media posts, as well as his support for Palestinians and Cuban activists. On 18 September 2024, both he and Hall Lujardo were summoned for questioning due to their social media posts, activism, and criticism of the authorities.  

Raymar Aguado Hernández is a student at the Centro de Estudios Eclesiásticos Padre Félix Varela. He also works as an art critic and writes for media outlets such as Rialta Magazine, Hypermedia and La Joven Cuba. In 2023, he published ¿(Des)aciertos críticos? La obra de cinco artistas visuales cubanos (Critical (mis)successes? The work of five Cuban visual artists), by Aquiescencia Editorial. 

Alexander Hall Lujardo, born in Havana in 1998 is an historian and Afro-descendant activist. He writes for magazines such as Sin Permiso and Rialta Magazine and is the co-author and coordinator of the book Cuba 11J: Perspectivas contrahegemónicas de las protestas sociales. (Cuba 11J: Counter-hegemonic perspectives on social protests.)