Roberto Vale Ares Papers

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Roberto Vale Ares Papers

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  • 1962-1964 (Creation)

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1 Box

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Biographical history

Roberto Vale Ares was a Cuban freedom fighter involved in exile guerilla groups, including Comandos L (formerly Comandos Libertad) and Alpha 66. Vale Ares worked with Tony Cuesta and performed numerous small guerilla operations in Cuba.

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The Roberto Vale Ares papers contain personal papers from late 20th century Cuban activist Roberto Vale Ares.

Vale Ares was a member of Comandos L and Alpha 66, among other Miami, Florida-based groups. The collection includes correspondence, clippings and notes from his guerilla operations, as well as statutes, articles, and propaganda from Comandos L.

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This collection is open for research.

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Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner.  Please, contact chc@miami.edu for more information.

Preferred citation: Roberto Vale Ares Papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.

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  • English
  • Spanish

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Gift of Rafael Vale, March 2014.

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Alpha 66 Records

Information about related materials is available at http://proust.library.miami.edu/findingaids/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=487

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Archivist's note

Collection-level record added by Fernando Espino, March 2014. Revised by Natalie Baur, March 2014. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.

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