Cuba as a reserve of socialism The hunger of the revolution, or Back to Ussr. In Cuba, as a result of a 85-day hunger strike, dissident Orlando Sapata died. He has been in prison since 2003 and was recognized by the human rights organization "International Amnesty" as a prisoner of conscience. The Cuban media did not say a word about his death. Instead, the Grandma newspaper, the main printed body of the country, came out with the next article by Fidel Castro.