as a significant setback for the thawing of Spanish-Cuban and U.S.-Cuban relations, with one analyst describing it as "the nail in the coffin of Spain's efforts to improve EU-Cuba ties". On 23 February 2012, the Ladies in White met at the former home of deceased leader Laura Pollan to commemorate the second anniversary of Zapata's death. They were protested by a group of government supporters in coordination with security agents, who chanted "Down with the worms!" and "Long Live Raúl!" Russian Historian Yuri Doykov dedicated his book to Orlando Zapata See also Cuban dissident movement Wilmar Villar Mendoza Cuban Hunger Strike References External links 1967 births 2010 deaths Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Cuba Counter-revolutionaries Cuban activists Cuban dissidents Cuban people who died in prison custody Cuban prisoners and detainees Opposition to Fidel Castro People who died on hunger strike Prisoners who died in Cuban detention