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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)
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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David Landau (Managing
Director)
Born New York City,
1950; author, publisher and radio broadcaster. At age 22, after graduation
from Harvard College, Landau published what has since been acknowledged as
the classic study of Henry Kissinger. He has written three further books,
including two about Cuba. He has also worked as an entrepreneur and
consultant, with experience on four continents.
In 2001 Landau and
others founded Pureplay Press as a vehicle for publishing books about
Cuba. Pureplay Press authors include Cuban novelists, historians, poets
and illustrators. Out of a dozen books in print, three Pureplay Press
editions have won first prizes in important nationwide competitions—an
extraordinary percentage. And Pureplay Press has made a solid niche for
itself among readers who are concerned with Latin American matters.
Landau lives with his
wife Kaori in Los Angeles.
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Dr. Adolfo Rivero-Caro
(Secretary)
Born Havana 1935, he
joined the anti-Batista underground and the Communist Party while studying
law at Havana University. Early in Castro's regime he was chief organizer of
the Communist Youth for the Havana region as well as editor of Mella, the
nation's youth journal. In 1964 he became a professor of Marxism at Havana
University. In 1968 he was denounced by Granma because of disagreements
with the regime, removed from all official positions and forced to take
menial jobs. Early in the 1980's he became a founding member of Cuba's
human rights movement and lived under constant surveillance, with periodic
terms in prison. In 1988 he was again denounced by Granma before being
allowed to emigrate to France, which received him as a political refugee.
He settled in the U.S. in 1989 and now resides in Miami.
He received an honor mention in
the Opinion Prize given by the Inter-American Press Society in 2003
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