2000年2月，他被收审并判三年囚期，理由是在1999年哈瓦那举行伊比利亚美洲国家首脑会议(Ibero - American summit)期间，他召开了记者会宣布举行和平游行。
In February 2000, he was tried and sentenced to threeyearsinprison forholding a press conference to announce a peacefulmarch during the 1999 Ibero-AmericanSummit in Havana.