Hard-Line
Organizations
[REF: binder section 15 ]
HARD-LINE ORGANIZATIONS
[incomplete - 1996 current]
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Organization:
ACCION CUBANA (CUBAN ACTION)
address: Hialeah, FL
Leader: Gilberto Casanova
Synopsis:
Members of ACCION CUBANA have been active since the mid
1970's.
Gilberto Casanova is a staunch anti-Castro Activist who has
been
observed at several recent demonstrations. Most
recently,
Casanova has been observed at a pro-Orlando Bosch rally and
at several
anti-Francisco Aruca and Radio Progreso rallies.
Casanova has
also denounced the leadership of PUND as being paid CIA and
FBI
informants.
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Organization:
ALLIANZA CUBANA (CUBAN ALLIANCE)
Address: Miami, FL.
Prominent members:
Perez Linares, Jose
Foch, Rogelio
Remon, Rene
Diaz Silveira, Frank
Aguirrechu, Jose
Ortiz, Jose Antonio
Synopsis:
The Cuban Alliance organization has been actively involved
in several
local Anti-Castro demonstrations. In 1991 the
organization held
several rallies on 17 Avenue and Flagler Street (site of
Francisco
Aruca's radio station).
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Organization:
ALPHA 66
Address: Miami, FL
Telephone: (305) 541-5433
Leader: Nazario Sargen, Andres
Prominent Members: Gascon, Hugo C.
Medina, Diego A.
Caballero, Emilio C. (Secretary)
Perez, Humberto (Military Chief)
Torres, Miguel
Garcia Ronqueta, Pablo
Avila, Francisco (ousted Operation Chief)
Orozco, Ramon
Wiltz, Otto
Menendez, Jose Ramon (training camp owner)
Veciana, Antonio (Strategic Advisor)
Frometa Caballero, Rodolfo ( Media Secretary)
Duran, Pedro
Solano Lopez, Aquiles
Alvarado, Humberto
Isa, Miguel (former treasurer)
Hurtado, Dagoberto
Torres Gallardo, Miguel
Kazer, Martin
Rosales, Gerardo
Cala, Ramon
Vera, Pedro
Jimenez, Jose
Arroyo, Manuel
Laucirica, Alberto
Reyes, Oscar
Abreu Azcuy, Rogelio
Albelo, Silvio
Borlo, Roberto
Bouden, Jose R.
Leiva Bacallao, Alfredo
Bosch, Pedro
Castellanos, Gianny Amey
Cabreras, Lazaro
Casasus, Guillermo
Cano, Joel
Castellanos, Elvis
Delisle, Jose R.
Ovidio Delgado, Pascual
Diaz, Ernesto
Echevarria, Ramon
Evelio Fernandez, Carlos
Fernandez, Mario Garcia
Chavez, Pedro E.
Gomez Pardo, Jose L.
Garcia Fernandez, Enrique C.
Arturo Gil, Jose
Herrera, Rene
Izquierdo Garcia, Jaime
Herrera Garcia, Alberto
Alberto Hoyos, Jose [correct name is
Jesus Alberto Hoyos]
Iglesias, Carlos
Izquierdo, Javier
Hernandez, Carlos R.
Infante Rodriguez, Miguel
Kaye, Julian
Landin, Juan R.
Laguna, Frady
Leon, Marcos Minauri
Marin, Carlos J.
Martinez Gamon, Jose Antonio
Milian Perez, Danilo
Marimon Duconger, Fausto
Marin, Froylan
Mederos, Norberto
Mena Aguero, Ramon
Melian, Enrique
Ortega, Juan Jose
Pena, Alfredo
Perez Diaz, Alejandro Basilio
Padron Sr. Oscar
Padron Jr., Oscar
Perez Martinez, Jesus
Perez Salas, Aurelio
Perez, Juan C.
Rojas Cantelis, Armando
Rosario Cruz, Antonio
Rodriguez, Mario
Rodriguez, Nelson
Silva Herrera, Nancy C.
San Martin, Acorzo, Antonio
Ondarza, Frank
Tintorero, Diego
Lopez Fernandez, Aldo
Herrera, Eduardo Bernardo
Valdivia, Alfredo
Cruz, Jorge R. Padron
Quintero, Santiago
Cruz Valdes, Jose A.
Callo, Lazaro
Gonzalez Silva, Pedro J.
Arredondo, Raul
Provoost, Jenny G.
Llanes, Jorge
Yanes, Juan Jose
Huet, Antonio
Falcon, Jose
Figueroa, Alberto
Hernandez, Pedro
Hernandez, Julio C.
Fernandez, Juan
Leon, Ricardo M.
Baez, Onelio
Soto, Hernando O.
Moreno, Carlos A.
Tejeda, Manuel
Vega Leyva, Angel
Martinez, Jose Antonio
Mederos, Norberto A.
Garcia, Enrique Candido
Bolo, Roberto
Bacallao, Al
Mederos, Ignacio R.
Hernandez, Carlos Raul
Garrido, Teodoro
Rosario, Antonio
Perez, Alejandro
Padron Rios, Oscar
Guevara, Jesus
Ortega, Juan Jose
Delgado, Pascual O.
Infante, Miguel
Castellanos, Gionng
Castellanos, Elvis
Piniella, Alejandra
Synopsis:
Alpha 66 was found by Andres Nazario Sargen and Eloy
Gutierrez Menoyo
in 1961. Since its early establishment the
organization has
retained a militaristic philosophy and has professed the
violent
overthrow of Cuba's revolutionary government.
The organization has utilized Cuban exile donations as
funding for
their Cuban incursions. A large percentage of its
original
members participated in the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.
Recently , group member Francisco Avila shocked South
Florida's Cuban
community by revealing himself as a Cuban double
agent. As a
direct result of Avila's statements, a Cuban diplomat was
expelled from
the US an several high-ranking
organization members renounced from the Alpha 66 ranks.
The Avila incident damaged Nazario Sargen's reputation and a
contingency of Alpha 66 members requested his removal from
his
Secretary General post. Longtime allies Mario Bello,
Aldo Lopez
Fernandez and 12 other high-ranking organization members
resigned as a
result of their disapproval of Nazario Sargen's
policies. In the
future, former group members will most likely lend their
support to
other exile groups such as Commandos "L" and PUND.
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Organization name:
AMERICAN STUDENTS PRO-ALPHA 66
[NOTE: This was a nonexistent organization. The two
members
listed were students at the University of Miami and made
this up as a
joke]
Address: University of Miami
Leader: Ed Compton
Prominent members: John O'Donnell
Synopsis:
The American Students Pro-Alpha 66 Group (ASPA 66) is
comprised of
young University Of Miami students. This group is a
right wing
faction of the Cuban organization Alpha 66.
Several group members have revealed that they attend Alpha
66 group
meetings on a regular basis, and according to Andres Nazario
Sargen,
ASPA 66 is one example of several local pro-Alpha 66
students support
groups.
The long range goal of ASPA 66 is to merge with a local
Amnesty
International support group and to promote Cuba's political
prisoner
rights.
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Organization
name:
ASSAULT BRIGADE
2506 [
see
2506 menu ]
Address: Miami, FL
Telephone: 883-2789
Leader: Rafael Cabezas w/m 06/11/36
Prominent members:
Calderin, Armando L.
Castaner, Modesto Luis
Martinez Malo, Mario
Cruz, Maximo
Hernandez Jr., Humberto
Clark, Juan
Gonzalez Lalondry, Luis
Bango Suarez, Umbelino
Perez Franco, Juan E.
Conte Hernandez, Ramon
Cesar y Guayanes, Eli
Olozabal, Hugo
Morse, Luis C.
Gonzalez, Reinaldo
Rojas, Pedro Pablo
Whitehouse, Teddy
Pertierra, Roberto
Cala, Freddie
Mendez Pou, Manuel
de Castroverde, Waldo
*See addendum for original group listing.
Synopsis:
On April 17, 1961, members of the Assault Brigade 2506
participated in
the most ambitious of all anti Castro activities - the Bay
of Pigs
Invasion. Having been trained at Helvetia, Guatemala,
by US
Government personnel, the group engaged Cuba's Revolutionary
forces at
Giron Beach, Cuba, and inflicted heavy losses. The
operation's
ultimate failure was eventually blamed on poor air
support. To
date, a large percentage of Cuban exiles blame the Kennedy
administration as being directly responsible for the
mission's failure.
Each year, veterans of the Bay of Pigs invasion gather to
commemorate
its anniversary. Group membership is reserved
exclusively for
invasion participants
and brigade members are revered by Cuban exiles.
Though the
activities
of this organization are mostly symbolic, many of its
members have gone
on
or are present members of other exile organizations.
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Organization name:
CUBA INDEPENDIENTE Y DEMOCRATICA
(CID)
(Independent and Democratic Cuba)
Address: Miami, FL
Leader: Huber Matos Araluces
Prominent members:
Luque Escalona, Roberto
Mantinano, Fernando
Matos Benitez, Huber
Pubillones, Arnaldo
Pou Socarras, Jose M.
Castro, Elsa
Villar Roces, Maro
Synopsis:
CID was founded in 1980 by former Castro-ally and Commander
Huber
Matos. Matos, along with Andres Nazario Sargen and
Eloy Gutierrez
Menoyo, commanded what came to be known as the Second Front
at
Escambray, during Cuba's 1950's revolution.
Upon defeating the government of Fulgencio Batista, Matos
became
disenchanted with Fidel Castro's policies and rebuffed
Castro's Marxist
tendencies. Eventually Matos became an annoyance to
Castro, and
as a result, he was sentenced to prison.
Having founded CID upon his release and arrival in the US,
Matos
embraced a more moderate policy towards Cuba. The
group's
philosophy, as it pertains
to the Cuban issue, is one of transitional change rather
than of
violent
overthrow.
CID is comprised of approximately 300 exile members and an
undetermined
number of Cuban-based dissidents. "La Voz Del CID" a
daily radio
broadcast which is heard throughout Cuba, exalts Cuban
citizens to
denounce human rights atrocities in the island. CID
has gained
acceptance by a large consortium or Cuban-based human rights
groups.
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Organization Name:
CUBAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Leader: Ignacio Castro Matos
Address: Miami, FL
Prominent members:
Rosales, Juan M.
Quesada, America
Manrique, Reinaldo A.
Synopsis:
An obscure organization which seeks a future political
opening in Cuba.
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Organization name:
CUBAN INDEPENDENT PARTY
Leader: Antonio "Tony" Catalayud [Calatayud]
Address: Miami, FL.
Prominent members:
Almeida, Augusto M.
Baeza, Danilo
Perez, Carlos
Echenique, Alberto E.
Flores, Martha
Synopsis:
A political active organization, the Cuban Independent Party
is headed
by activist Tony Catalayud [Calatayud]. The group
prints a weekly
newspaper titled "El Independentista" and its leaders
seek the
removal of Cuba's dictatorial government. Catalyud
[Calatayud] is
also a frequent guest at local Spanish radio stations.
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Organization Name:
CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY PARTY
(Autentico)
Address: Miami, FL
Prominent members:
Hernandez, Rene
Hernandez, Carlos
Cardenas, Mario E.
Synopsis:
Former political force in pre-Castro Cuba, The Cuban
Revolutionary Party was formerly headed by Manuel Antonio De
Varona
(head of Junta Patriotica Cubana). Upon De Varona's death,
the party
has failed to nominate a new leader. Seeks a political
opportunity in post-Castro Cuba. Strong ally of
Cuban
Municipalities in Exile and Junta Patriotic Cubana.
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Organization name:
COMANDOS "L"
Leader: group
Prominent members:
Borges, Laureano
w/m 08/18/31
Coral Gables
Dausa, Jose
w/m 07/15/23
Miami
Font, Ramon Francisco
w/m 06/16/22
Miami
Bryant, Anthony G.
b/m 02/23/38
Delray Beach, FL
Ortega, Miriam
De Los Santos, Mercedes w/f 08/22/58
Perez, Agustin w/m 04/20/42
Cabrera, Nelson w/m 01/22/68
Sierra, Jose w/m 09/30/36
Moises, Tendis B. w/m 01/13/45
Gonzalez, Guillermo w/m 03/15/53
Romero, Andres w/m 03/17/37
Synopsis:
Originally founded by Tony Cuesta in the mid-1960's [Nov/Dec
1962],
Comandos "L" has received extensive media attention during
the past
year. The group has claimed responsibility for several
recent
incursion- style in the imprisonment and eventual
execution of a
Cuban exile. The group has also received unfavorable
media
coverage as a result of a raid which consisted
of the spraying of gunfire against a Varadero Beach
Hotel. With
the
passing of perennial anti-Castro opposer Tony Cuesta, the
future of
Comandos
"L" has become very uncertain.
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Organization name:
COMISION GESTORA (UNIDAD CUBANA)
(Pro Unity Commission) (Union Cubana)
Leader: Modesto L. Castaner
Prominent members:
Perez Roura, Armando
Cabezas, Rafael
Garcia Fuste, Tomas
Nazario Sargen, Andres
Garcia Toledo, Luisa
Suarez, Roberto
Synopsis:
This umbrella organization was established in 1991 and
seeks the
unity of all anti-Castro exile organizations. The
organization
consists of over 50 prominent exile groups. The
Commission
exerted pressures on the Bush administration in order to
trigger
political changes in Cuba. Along with the Cuban
American National
Foundation, the Commission was instrumental in bringing
about
restrictive measures which reinforced the US-Cuba embargo
and led to
much sought after approval of the Cuban Freedom Democracy
Act
(Torrecelli
Bill). On October 9, 1993, an estimated crowd of
125,000
supporters
marched on SW 8 Street on behalf of this organization.
The Commission's objectives have been somewhat-slowed by the
new
Clinton administration. Future plans will depend mostly on
newly
established US government-Cuban exile relations and other
changes
occurring within Cuba.
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Organization name:
COMANDOS MARTIANO MRD
Address: Miami, FL
Telephone: 305-821-2762, 854-5253, 633-1930
Leader: Alberto Fiblas
Prominent members:
Rodriguez Ojeda, Dr.
Gutierrez, Homero
Soto, Cor. Antonio
O'Farrill, Father Ramon
Febles, Miguel
Cepero, Fernando
Rivas, Gordo
Synopsis:
Information pertaining to this group was obtained during the
course of
a pro-Orlando Bosch rally. The MRD has appealed to the
exile
community to unite in a single effort in order to bring
about change in
Cuban. Father O'Farrill has been actively involved
with exile
groups since the early 1960's
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Organization name:
CUBAN AMERICAN NATIONAL FOUNDATION
(CANF)
Address: Miami, FL
Leader: Jorge Mas-Canosa
Prominent members:
Adrian, Pedro
Cardenas, Alberto
De Cespedes, Carlos Manuel
Codina, Armando
Garcia, Horacio S.
Marmol, Israel
Marino Alberto J.
Moreira, Domingo R.
Martin Perez, Roberto
Synopsis:
CANF formed in 1981 as an independent institution devoted to
providing
information on economic, political and cultural issues
relating to the
Cuban people, both
on the island and in exile. The organization's 108
directors and
trustees,
comprised of Cuban American business owners and professional
leaders
who
donate a minimum of $10,000.00 and $5,000.00 respectively to
the
organization on an annual basis, are actually involved in
CANF
operations. With more
than 50,000 active members and contributors, CANF is by far
the largest
and
better organized Cuban exile organization in the United
States.
CANF has been instrumental in the establishment of the
following:
Radio Marti - A broadcasting operation administered by
the US
information Agency. Radio Marti transmits news and
entertainment
to Cuba and underscores a message of freedom and
democracy.
TV Marti, a parallel news dissemination agency, was recently
scratched
as a result of recent budgetary cuts.
Endowment for Produces research reports on the political
economy,
Cuban-American and culture of the Cuban community its
impact on
and Studies South Florida.
Cuban Exodus Coordinated private efforts which
provides
Relief Fund humanitarian assistance and resettlement
services for
Cuban refugees.
Mission Marti This program trains hundreds of
volunteers to aid
in the reconstruction of Cuba after Castro.
Blue Ribbon Comprised of noted economists, diplomats,
and
Commission political leaders dedicated to the on
reconstruction
economic of Cuba.
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Organization name:
CUBAN ASSISTANCE LIBERATION PARTY
Leader: Jose Llopis
Prominent members:
Romero, Ariel
Corrales, Manuel
Synopsis:
An obscure organization of anti-Castro Cuban exiles.
Group
members are believed to have taken part in infiltration and
raid
missions.
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Organization Name:
CUBAN DEFENSE LEAGUE
Leader: Armando L. Calderin
Address: Miami, FL
Prominent members:
Hernandez, Humberto
Pena, Tomas A.
Carballo, Roberto
Synopsis:
This organization is a political arm of the militant group
Brigade 2506.
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Organization name:
CUBAN DEMOCRATIC COALITION
Leader: Andres Rivero Aguero
Address: Miami, FL
Prominent members:
Vega, Liberato
Rey Perna, Santiago
Synopsis:
The Cuban Democratic Coalition is a local organization that
opposes any
form of dialogue with Cuba's government officials.
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Organization Name:
CUBAN INTERNAL FRONT
Leader: Andres Chaves
Address: Hialeah, FL
Prominent members:
Robaina, Oran
Perez, Mario
Heredia, Jose Luis
Llanes, Jorge
Vera, Feliz
Tuya, Jose
Fernandez, Jorge "El Muro"
Ramos Noel
Pulido, Pedro
Fernandez, Wilfredo
Claro, Ernesto
Monzon, Efrain
Medina, Juan
Rodriguez, Pablo
Synopsis:
Chavez lead a group of approximately ten anti-Castro exiles
in the
Miami area. Group objectives included infiltration and
acts of
sabotage within the island of Cuba. The group was
associated to
Comandos MRD, the P.P.H.C., Comandos Ignacio Agramonte and a
lose group
of individuals who were led by exile Ernesto Claro.
Following
internal disputes, Chavez became the victim of a grenade
attack and was
later assassinated. Chavez' homicide remains pending.
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Organization name:
CUBAN NATIONAL COMMISSION
Address: Miami Springs, FL
Leader: Ramon Saul Sanchez w/m 09/01/54
Prominent members:
Ramos, Sergio
Estrada, Angel
Toledo, Guillermo
Synopsis:
The Cuban National Commission is headed by former Omega 7
member Ramon
Saul Sanchez. The group has been very active as of
late, taking
part in several
anti-Castro demonstrations and promising to participate in
several
others.
Sanchez has been the driving force behind three Cuban
flotillas that
have
traveled near Cuban national waters. Approximately one
month ago
Sanchez
threatened to demonstrate against Aeroflot Airlines (a
Russian airline)
in
order to have its official emblem (sickle and hammer)
removed from all
company
properties.
Though Ramon Saul Sanchez has recently professed a moderate
stand which
is a far from that of his earlier years, he has become one
of the most
controversial figures within the Cuban community.
The Cuban National Commission can be expected to counter-
demonstrate
at ATC and Antonio Maceo Brigade rallies. Group
representatives
have also participated in open forums at Florida
International
University (FIU).
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Organization name:
CUBAN NATIONALIST ASSOCIATION
Address: Miami, FL
Leader: Felipe Rivero
Prominent members:
Roque, Antonio
Pereira, Evidio
Corza, Jorge
Synopsis:
Felipe Rivero, head of the Cuban Nationalist Association,
left Cuba in
1959, and upon his arrival in New York City, he founded the
Cuban
Nationalist Movement (MNC).
In 1961, Rivero joined the failed Bay of Pigs invasion and
as a result,
he spent 19 months in Cuba's prisons. Upon returning
to the U.S.,
Rivero decided to fight communism at all fronts.
Rivero's group,
the MNC, began
an all-out terrorism wave which included bazooka attacks
against the
United
Nations building in New York City, and later an attack
against the
Cuban
Pavilion at the 1967 Montreal Exposition, in Montreal,
Canada. In
1976
Guillermo Novo San Pol and Dionisio Suarez, both MNC
members,
participated in the bombing assassination of Chilean
diplomat Orlando
Letelier. Novo
San Pol's sentencing was later overturned, while Suarez, who
had
pleaded guilty
to the accusation remains in prison. At the time of
the
investigation, authorities believed that Rivero had planned
Letelier's
assassination in conjunction
with Augusto Pinochet's security agents. Rivero was
never charged
or
prosecuted due to a lack of evidence.
Felipe Rivero has remained active in local exile
activism. His
most recent exposure came in January of 1992, when his
organization
invited and hosted controversial political candidate David
Duke.
As a result of Duke's visit, Rivero lost a
considerable amount of
support from the Cuban exile community and was also branded
as fascist
and a neo-Nazi by local Jewish and black organizations.
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Organization name:
CUBANOS DESTERRADOS (EXILED
CUBANS)
Address: P.O. Box 113703 Miami, FL
Leader: Sergio de Paz
Prominent members: Pimentel, Roberto
Synopsis:
The leadership of Cubanos Desterrados has advocated a policy
which
opposes the government of Fidel Castro. In the past,
the group
has appealed to several Latin American heads of state to
denounce the
Castro regime, and to formulate foreign policies which will
bring about
a political change in Cuba.
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Organization name:
CUBANOS UNIDOS (United Cubans)
Leader: Wilfredo Navarro
Synopsis:
Not a well known organization. Group literature has
been
collected at several rallies. Professes an
anti-dialogue attitude.
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Organization name:
CUMBRE PATRIOTICA CUBANA (Cuban
Patriotic
Summit)
Address: Miami, FL (Brigade 2506)
Leader: Raul Pozo
Prominent members:
Rodriguez Medina, Pedro
Castaner, Modesto L.
Alvarez, Modesto
Rodriguez Medina, Pedro
Synopsis:
This umbrella organization is one of the top five most
important
organizations in exile. Cumbre consists of 42 exile
groups and is
led by Brigade 2506
veteran Modesto L. Castaner. The organization
professes the
violent overthrow of Castro's regime.
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Organization name:
EX-CLUB
Leader: Jorge Villalba
Prominent members:
Del Castillo, Siro
Cabeza, Cristina
Borge, Rolando
Subira, Salvador
Gutierrez Izaguirre, Jorge
Guerra, Adalberto
Cifuentes, Pedro
Synopsis:
The Ex-Club members are former Cuban political prisoners who
advocate
political and social changes within the island of
Cuba. The local
group and a Venezuelan chapter have denounced Cuba's human
rights
abuses and have lobbied for the release of various prominent
Cuban
political prisoners.
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Organization name:
FUNDACION VALLADARES (Valladares
Foundation)
Address: Washington D.C.
Leader: Armando Valladares
Synopsis:
Armando Valladares is a former political prisoner who spent
over 20
years in Cuba's prisons. Upon his arrival in the US,
Valladares
joined the Cuban American National Foundation, and with its
assistance,
Valladares published his best seller "Against All
Hope". As a
result of his sudden prominence Valladares was bestowed US
Ambassador
for Human Rights by the Bush administration.
Valladares later
renounced from that post, citing conflicts of interests as
a reason for his decision. Sometime later Valladares
and Jorge
Mas-Canosa drifted apart leading to the establishment of
Valladares
Foundation.
Armando Valladares spends most of his time in Washington
D.C. and
Madrid, Spain, lobbying on behalf of the rights of Cuba's
oppressed
masses. Valladares was instrumental in the recent
airborne rescue
conducted by Maj. Orestes Lorenzo.
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Organization name:
JUNTA PATRIOTICA CUBANA
(Cuban Patriotic Coalition)
Address: 4600 NW 7 Street, Miami, FL
Leader: Roberto Rodriguez Aragon
Prominent members: Estorino, Julio
Perez Fernandez, Roberto
Marrero, Alfredo
Casero, Luis
Isa, Miguel
Remos, Ariel
Romani, Salvador (Venezuelan Chapter)
Synopsis:
This umbrella organization was founded in the early 1980's
by Manuel
Antonio Devarona. The organization, which consists of
over 100
Cuban exile groups,
was lead by Devarona until his death in October, 1992.
This organization favors the violent overthrow of Cuba's
government,
and its one of the top five most important Cuban exile
organizations. Junta Patriotica is closely related to
the Cuban
Municipalities in Exile group, and as such, it seconds only
the Cuban
American National Foundation in membership.
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Organization name:
MOVIMIENTO DE RECUPERACION
DEMOCRATICA (MRR)
(Democratic Recuperation Movement)
Address:Miami, FL
P.O. Box 350182 Miami, FL
Leader: Ernestino Abreu w/m dob 11/11/24
Miami, FL
Telephone: (305) 221-7927
Prominent members: Riveron, Pascual w/m 10/23/53
Miami, FL
Roque de Escobar, Mario w/m 08/03/43
Miami, FL
Alonso, Armando w/m 12/27/53
Miami ,FL
Hidalgo Gato, Eliseo w/m 3/7/55
Miami, FL
Abreu, Ernesto w/m 06/03/63
Miami, FL
Figueroa, Luis A. (General Secretary
Rivera, Agapito ( Vice-Secretary)
Perez DeSoto, Antonio
Lasaga, Jose I.
Salas, Oscar A.
Guillot, Manuel
Messer, Nilo
Cruz, Joe w/m 08/27/30
Duran, Pablo w/m 07/06/67
McCormick, Jim w/m 06/09/61
Alvarez, Anael
Asion, Julian
Blanco, Pedro
Bringas, Generoso
Candelaria, Jose
Diaz, Eladio
Fuentes, Roberto
Garcia Toledo, Rafael
Martinez Rolando
Merconchini, Jose
Ortiz, Rolando
Patino, Francisco J.
Prieto Portar, Luis
Ramirez Jr., Osvaldo
Ramirez Jr., Porfirio
Rodriguez, Ibrain
Salas, Oscar A.
Santalla, Oscar
Synopsis:
MRR was founded in the US in 1959 for the purpose of
combating
communism in Cuba and other Latin-American countries.
The group
was founded by Manuel Artime; the most influential of all
Cuban exile
activists of the early 1960's
A large contingency of MRR members enrolled in the ranks
of
Assault Brigade 2506 and participated in the Bay of Pigs
invasion. In fact the
brigade's number "2506" was chosen after Carlos
Rodriguez
Santana's enlistment number. Rodriguez Santana, an MRR
member
perished during training exercises. Other MRR members
such as
Rogelio Gonzalez Corso and Manolin Guillot (successive
sabotage
coordinators in Cuba) and Jose Campos Pire and Juan Jose
Catala
(guerrilla members) also perished in the course of
counter-government
actions.
Throughout the years MRR has remained actively involved in
the struggle
against the Cuban government, and the group has openly
admitted
participation
in several commando-style incursions.
The group's objective's are to gain Cuba's freedom through
violent acts
of sabotage and raids. MRR seeks to implement a
democratic
government which will permit Cuba's future economic growth.
MRR members have participated in local demonstrations and
have
protested any sort of dialogue which would establish
diplomatic
relations between Cuba and the US. The group has shown
its
propensity for violence and its capability of organizing
operations
which can have a negative effect on US-Cuba relations.
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Organization Name:
PRESIDIO POLITICO HISTORICO CUBANO
(PPHC)
(Historical Cuban Political Prisoner Group)
Address:Miami, FL
Leader: Marcos Gomez Cancio
Prominent members: Llanez, Renan
Alvarez, Modesto
Alvarez, Magdalena
Rodriguez, Luis
Bouza, Santiago D.
Grau, Francisco J.
Gonzalez, Luis
Synopsis:
PPHC is a national organization comprised of former Cuban
political
prisoners. Other affiliate US locations include
Naples, Boca
Raton, FL, New York, New Jersey, Las Vegas, and Washington
DC.
The organization advocates a no-dialogue posture as proven
by their
recent participation in exile group demonstrations.
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Organization name:
PARTIDO UNIDAD NACIONAL (PUND)
(National Unity Democratic Party)
Address: Miami, FL
Telephone: (305) 649-2293
Leader: Sergio Gonzalez Rosquete w/m 07/24/38
Miami
Prominent members: Alvarez, Modesto
Placensia, Arabel w/m 09/16/38
Gonzalez, Pedro A. w/m 06/14/41
Casasus, Guillermo w/m 02/18/51
Llamera, Eugenio w/m 12/23/38
Sturgis, Frank
Cabrera, Nelson w/m 01/22/68
Lopez Castro, Ruben w/m 09/18/38
Rojas, Ivan w/m 07/17/38
Ortiz, Jose w/m 03/24/47
Chappi, Jorge
Justo Regalado w/m 08/12/45
Lafote, Heriberto
Serralta, Agustin
Tejera, Rafael
Gonzalez, Pedro
Puig, Rino
Castillo, Evaristo
Pastor Guzman, Cruz
Llerena, Claudio
Blas Machado, Jose
Labore, Gelasio
Guzman, Pastor
Synopsis:
PUND has claimed responsibility for a large number of Cuban
exile
infiltration and raid missions. Recently, as a result
of one of
their operations which involved the establishment of a
military camp
near the Florida Everglades, the group received extensive
media
coverage. Though at one time over 150 members trained
at the
aforementioned facility, the group failed to receive
additional funding
and group membership has dwindled.
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Organization Name:
VETERANS OF SPECIAL MISSIONS
Leader: Jose Garcia
Prominent members:
Cancio, Humberto
Rodriguez, Jose A.
Martinez, Rolando
Garcia, Jose (Vice-Presidente)
Rodriguez, Alexis
Llanes, Jorge
Villaman Rebull, Manolo
Lopez, Juan Manuel
Munne, Amado
Souto, Javier
Gonzalez Rebull, Julio
Palenzuela, Fernando
Grosseve, Bill
Reboredo, Pedro
Cotera, Enrique
Crespo Sr., Luis
Synopsis:
The VSMG consists of 312 Cuban exile members.
According to group
sources, between 1959 and 1969, VSMG members were
responsible for a
total of 2,144 covert operations directed against the
government of
Cuba. VSMG missions consisted mainly of industrial
sabotage and
detonation of explosive devices at Cuban government
structures.
Several group members have also participated in guerrilla
warfare in
Nicaragua, Angola, and El Salvador.
Unnamed local organization
Members:
Suarez Rodriguez, Arturo
Lazaro Salvat, Orlando Luis
Saud, Juan Antonio
Cortes, Julio Alberto
Fernandez Pereda, Jorge Antonio
Carvajal Alvarez, Geronimo Enis
Carvajal, Mateo Edel
Martin, German V.
Garcia, Angel Luis
Synopsis:
This group of Cuban exiles targeted local figures such as
Francisco
Aruca, Jose R. Cruz and Vladimir Ramirez for possible
assassination. Before neutralization, the group
intended to
dispose of the aforementioned targets by means of explosive
devices.
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