Meanwhile, less than 100 miles from Key West
Cuba's Roman Catholic church condemns crackdown on dissidents
"We lament the inappropriate methods being used to arrest people for thinking and acting differently from the official ideology," a statement from the Conference of Cuban Catholic Bishops said.
At least 75 people have been arrested, many of them independent journalists, owners of libraries, and leaders of opposition political parties, according to the Cuban Commission on Human Rights and Reconciliation.
