Havana, Cuba: Oswaldo Paya, prominent fellow government opponent, has died in a car crash, Cuban dissidents say.
Dissident Elizardo Sanchez says he confirmed the death of Paya, 60, on Sunday with associates in the city of Bayamo, The Associated Press reported.
Paya, a journalist, gained international fame in the 1990s as the organiser of the Varela Project, which gathered signatures to urge authorities to change the constitution to allow multiple political parties and private enterprise.
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