Ariel Hidalgo was a Cuban teacher and writer who was sentenced to eight years in prison in 1981. During his time as a political prisoner, he wrote numerous articles and treatises on human rights in Cuba. A staunch Marxist, Hidalgo was an outspoken critic of corruption and bureaucratic excess in Cuba.
Rosario Hirart was a Cuban-born writer and professor. After going into exile in the United States, she acquired a Doctor of Philosophy degree from New York University and taught at both NYU and Iona College. She later retired to write full-time. She has published numerous fiction and non-fiction books, including biographies of Lydia Cabrera and Francisco Ayala.
The Hispanic Theater Guild is a hispanic theater company in Miami, Florida founded in 1989 with the involvement of the well-known Cuban American actor-director Marcos Casanova. In 2000, the Hispanic Theater Guild opened their venue, Teatro 8, which hosts frequent premieres of Spanish-language theater as well as stagings of standards in the Hispanic theater repertoire in the heart of Miami's Little Havana neighborhood.
