Cuba academic: Party expulsion order overturned

[The Northerner]

HAVANA (AP) — A prominent Cuban intellectual who came under fire for an unusually frank article denouncing high-level corruption says an order expelling him from the Communist Party has been overturned.

Esteban Morales wrote on Thursday on his personal website that a party appeals commission called him in last week to tell him of its ruling.

"I was informed of the decision to nullify the separation order from the municipal party community ... to return my membership," Morales said.

An economist and columnist known for his work on topics including racism and U.S. relations, Morales published the article that got him into trouble in April 2010 on the website of the National Union of Writers and Artists.

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