Cuban blogger Sánchez advises that they banned him from travelling to Brazil

Yoanis Sánchez Cuban dissident and the blogger reported Friday that the Government of Raúl Castro denied the permission to leave the island to travel to Brazil, which had granted visa within the framework of the visit of the President Dilma Rousseff to Havana this week.

"No surprise." I again deny the permission to leave. It is the occasion. "19 that I violate the right to enter and leave my country", wrote Sanchez in his account of the social network Twitter.

"I feel like the hostage kidnapped by someone who does not listen, nor gives explanations." "A Government with balaclavas and gun to his belt," added the blogger, 36, who has received international awards for his writings critics on the situation on the Communist island.

"Raúl Castro is travelling in Venezuela and I do not leave me visit Brazil." "Things of totalitarianism", wrote Sánchez in allusion to the tour of the Cuban President to attend the Summit of the ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative) u000a(for Americas).

Sanchez, who authorities have refused leave from the island in the past four years, had sought visa to Brazil to attend the presentation of the documentary "Cuba-Honduras connection", for the Brazilian on 10 February since Galvao.

The President Rousseff said Tuesday that his Government had granted the visa Sánchez, during a visit of less than 48 hours on the island that refused to make criticisms by human rights issues.

"I di, Brazil gave a visa to the blogger, the other steps are not within the competence of the Brazilian Government", said the President, referring to the exit permit is granted by the Cuban Government.

Sánchez thanked" everyone who had the hope that this time would achieve it".""Thanks for the optimism, but I'm a prisoner", wrote

"they don't learn, is that they do not learn?" "If they let me out, lose, if can't me go out losing", stated.

"Yes" u000a"this effort served to shed light on migratory absurdity that Cubans are caught, then it was worth," added the blogger.

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