Posted on 03/01/2014 10:24:14 AM PST by EveningStar
Huber Matos, a top commander in Fidel Castro’s army who broke from the Cuban revolution in 1959 over its tilt toward Communism, endured a harsh imprisonment for 20 years and became a leader of anti-Castro exiles in Florida, died in Miami on Thursday. He was 95.
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Kinda like Rafael Cruz?
Huh?
I was privileged to have met Matos on several occasions. He was pro-Cuba and anti-Castro.
And Castro was anti-Matos. Matos survived 20 years in Castro's gulag probably thanks to Amnesty International making him their #1 political prisoner and focusing world attention on his condition.
Read his biography anywhere and, perhaps, you will offer an apology for what you posted.
RIP Sr. Matos.
ML/NJ
I have asked the mods three times to remove the post. That’s all I can tell you. When I made the post I thought he was still a supporter of Castro. Complain to the mods about the post. Please.
Hardly.
RIP.
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