New Delhi, July 19 -- that Cuba's most prominent dissident artist would be free and heard. Alcantara, 38, co-founder of the San Isidro Movement, landed on July 18. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed his arrival and described it as the journey of a man who had dared to "imagine a free Cuba."

Cuban authorities had sentenced Alcantara on charges of insulting national symbols, contempt, and disturbing public order. Human rights groups including Amnesty International repeatedly characterized those charges as politically motivated, rooted in his co-founding and leadership of the San Isidro Movement, a coalition of Cuban artists and intellectuals that formed in 2018 to resist government censorship of creative work. He served the full term...