According to reports all but six of the more than 20 dissidents arrested in the run up to the Ibero-American Summit, which took place in Havana on 15-16 November 1999, have now been released, including Héctor Palacios Ruiz and Ramón Humberto Colás Castillo. Dr. Oscar Elías Biscet González and Antonio Alonso Pérez are still in detention.
