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Dr. Frederick Solomon was a progressive rabbi active in Havana’s Cuban-Jewish community during the 1950s and 60s. Although his origins are unclear, Dr. Solomon appears to have escaped Nazi -occupied Europe for London and eventually established a congregation in Havana, Cuba. As a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Dr. Solomon served as the rabbi of Temple Beth Israel in the Vedado suburb of Havana, where he wrote sermons and hosted religious services for his congregation, a part of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. The rabbi was also active in the Jewish Progressive movement, frequently communicating with representatives of The World Union for Progressive Judaism throughout the 1950s in an attempt to officially associate his congregation with the organization.

Ofelia Garcia-Menocal y Brito (1920-2012) was a Cuban exile and ex-political prisoner born in Havana who lived in Madrid, Spain after fleeing from political persecution in Cuba. She was the daughter of Fausto García-Menocal y Deop, a general in the Cuban War of Independence, and Ofelia Brito y Mederos, and the sister of Fausto García Menocal y Brito who was a member of the anti-Castro Brigade 2506 that participated in the Bay of Pigs Invasion. She was also the niece of Aurelio Mario Gabriel Francisco García Menocal y Deop who was the 3rd president of Cuba, serving from 1913 to 1921. She was said to be interested in political affairs from a young age, influenced by the careers of her father and uncle.

Menocal received a degree in Law from the University of Havana, one of very few women to do so at the time. After the Cuban Revolution of 1959, Menocal was critical of the Castro regime and was persecuted for her clandestine counterrevolutionary activities and was taken as a political prisoner in 1973. Eventually, she married the French diplomat Luis de Montgrelet and left Cuba for Europe, eventually settling in Madrid, Spain.

She was Secretary of International Relations of the Federación Mundial de Ex-presos Políticos Cubanos en Europa. Even in exile from Cuba, Menocal was politically active and worked tirelessly against the post-1959 regime.

In 2007, la Federación Española de Asociaciones Cubanas (FECU) honored her, Héctor Palacios, and Gisela Delgado for their efforts for the freedom of Cuba.

Ramiro Oms was a Cuban journalist and member of the Auténtico political party of president Carlos Prío Socarrás. He later became an anticommunist activist in exile, participating in numerous Cuban exile organizations.

Conchita la Villa was a Cuban-born schoolteacher and religious leader who was active in many church groups in Miami. She participated in civic and religious volunteer programs geared toward the Cuban community in particular. She was active with the Fundación Sagrado Corazón de Jesús.

Juan M. Clark (1938-2013) was a Cuban sociologist and professor emeritus of Miami Dade College. A veteran of the Bay of Pigs invasion, Clark was imprisoned by the Cuban government from January to December 1962.

He has authored several books on human rights abuses in Cuba.

Clark died in Miami in February 2013.

René Ariza was a Cuban actor, director and writer born in Havana in 1940. Ariza graduated from the Academia Municipal de Artes Dramáticas in 1959, eventually receiving the Premio de la Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC) in 1967 for his play "La vuelta a la manzana."

An opponent of the Castro regime, he was jailed in 1974 for his political views until Amnesty International intervened and he was released to the United States in 1979.

Some of his most well-known plays include "Los tres cerditos y el lobo carnicero," the aforementioned "La vuelta a la manzana" and "El banquete." His unpublished work was destroyed during his time in prison, but he continued his creative pursuits until his death in California in 1994.