TAMPA -- The Cuban man who waved an American flag while calling for freedom for Cuba on May Day in Havana is now sleeping in his car while he waits for his asylum application to go through.
The Tampa Bay Times reports that 58-year-old Daniel Llorente arrived in the U.S. last year after a long trek through Central America and Mexico. He was deported to Guyana after spending two years in a Cuban mental hospital.
Llorente tells the Times the most important thing is that he's living in a democracy. He became known as the "Flag Man" (el hombre de la bandera) after his 2017 protest.
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