Jesús Escandell Romero is a Cuban politician, president of the Cuban trade union "Central de Trabajadores de Cuba" (CTC) from 1985 to 1991.[1]

In 1996 he was arrested, and spent nine months jailed without charge, at the Cuban political prison Villa Marista. Most observers believe that he was accused of espionage.,[2] in particular for his alleged role in leaking classified documents to foreign embassies, related to the 1996 purge against the Centre for American Studies (CEA).

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  1. ^ Perez-Stable, Marifeli (1975). "Marifeli Pérez-Stable on syndicalism in Cuba". Latin American Perspectives. 2 (4): 60–77. JSTOR 2633219.
  2. ^ "Jesús Escandell jailed for espiongae". Archived from the original on 2007-07-04.