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Suarez, Diego R.
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Graduate of the Civic-Military Institute at Ceiba del Agua, Cuba, who started an agricultural equipment design and manufacturing firm in Havana. Exiled in 1961, he continued in that line of work and today is the largest manufacturer of field equipment for the sugar industry, with accounts in nearly 35 countries. Also prominent in Cuban exile activities, he was one of the founders of the Cuban American National Foundation in 1981 together with the late Jorge Mas Canosa, and he is a leading figure in the Cuban American Liberty Council following a split from CANF after Mas Canosa's death.