Huber Matos
Huber Matos , born in 1918, is one of the figures of the cuban revolution with Fidel Castro, the Che and Camilo Cienfuegos. Social democrat, his passion for the democratic principles becoming a brake on the road of the Revolution, it opposes Castro and is condemned to 20 years of prison. He publishes his memories And the night fell. Victorious revolution with the cuban bagnes .
Before the cuban revolution he was professor of schools. In the coup d'etat of Batista, he wanted to take part in the cuban fight, and returned in clandestinity. Sought by the policie secretes of Batista, it exiles itself in Costa Rica. There low, president Figueres, sympathizer of the fight of the cuban people, to him provided 5 tons of weapons and ammunition which it transports by plane in the Maestra Sierra. It will be its contribution with the guerilla of Fidel Castro, who incorporates it in her army. Appreciated in the constrution of defenses such as the trenches, Fidel named it Ordering famous Colonne 9, which released Santiago of Cuba. It entered with Havana beside Fidel Castro, who had asked him to remain close to him, because Fidel feared to be killed. During the fight in the Sierra, Huber Matos on several occasions disputed orders given by Fidel Castro, who found it arrogant. He lives from now on in Miami.
| Random links: | Naussac (Aveyron) | Runaway Train (film) | Pascal Giordani | Yutaka Take | Meleagris ocellata | Sous-traitant |