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Dr. Emilio-Adolfo Rivero (President)
Born in Camagüey province, Cuba, now a naturalized U.S. citizen. He trained
as a lawyer and journalist, then practiced law in Havana, 1951-60. He was
part of the resistance that led to the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista, who
fled the country in the wee hours of January 1, 1959. By the second half of
that same year, when it became evident that Castro was working toward a
close relationship with the Soviet Union, Rivero began plotting against
Castro's regime. He was arrested in April 1961 and spent
eighteen-and-a-half years in Castro's prisons. Upon release in October 1979
he emigrated to the U.S., where he has been a consultant, political
activist and teacher. He has worked extensively in Central and South
American political environments as well as in the Cuban community of Miami.
He lives in the Washington, DC area.
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Ernesto Diaz-Rodriguez.
(Vice President, Secretary)
Born 1937 in
Cojímar, near Havana. A labor activist, he joined the clandestine movement
against Castro's regime, was arrested in December 1968 and received a
fifteen-year sentence. In the fifth year of his jail term, he was re-tried
on charges of organizing against the regime from within prison and was
sentenced to a further twenty-five years. During his incarceration, which
included eight years in solitary confinement, he began publishing poetry
with a book that was issued in Miami and distributed throughout the United
States. He was made an Honored Member of the French P.E.N. Club, and also
received that distinction in other countries. Presidents Bush and Arias
(Costa Rica) personally intervened to secure his freedom. After more than
twenty-two years in prison, he was released in March 1991. He lives with
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Diosmel Rodriguez. (Vicepresidente)
Nació en 1952, en Santiago de Cuba, Economista de profesión, preso político
de 1993-96. Fue fundador de varias organizaciones políticas y de sociedad
civil en Santiago de Cuba, que alcanzaron dimensión nacional como el
Movimiento de Cooperativas Independientes.
En agosto de 1997 salió como refugiado político hacia Estados Unidos,
radicándose en Miami, donde ha permanecido, impulsando varios proyectos en
Cuba y Latinoamérica hasta la fecha.
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