Cuban Dissident Leader Leaves Prison for Exile in the U.S. NYT | Top Stories By: David C. Adams 14 October 2025 at 05:49 José Daniel Ferrer said long periods in solitary confinement left him feeling buried alive. Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomed his arrival in Miami. © Alexandra Garcia/The New York TimesJosé Daniel Ferrer, a Cuban dissident, photographed in Havana in 2014.