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Collection
Title
Raúl Chibás papers
Date(s)
- 1960-1970 (Creation)
Extent
3.75 linear feet
Name of creator
Biographical history
Raúl Chibás Ribas (April 25, 1916 - August 25, 2002) was a Cuban politician and military official. He was an initial supporter of Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, opposing the government of Fulgencio Batista in the 1950s and serving in various positions within the revolutionary government, including railroad commissioner and as a judge at Castro's request. His older brother Eduardo was the founder and leader of the Orthodox Party (Party of the Cuban People - Orthodox); the younger Chibás took over as party leader in 1951 after the death of his brother by suicide.
Chibás eventually defected to the United States in 1960. He was an anti-Castro activist in the United States, calling for the overthrow of Castro's government in the 1960s. He worked as a teacher in New York City before moving to Caracas, Venezuela, in the 1980s. Chibás settled in Miami in 1991, where he lived until his death in 2002.
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Scope and content
The collection contains documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs collected by Raúl Chibás. Topics include political prisoners, the Junta Obrera Revolucionaria, Junta Revolucionaria Cubana, and Movimiento Revolucionario del Pueblo.
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Conditions governing access
The collection is open for research.
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Conditions governing reproduction
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: Raúl Chibás Papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- Spanish
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Immediate source of acquisition
Gift of Gloria Chibás via Carlos Alberto and Linda Montaner, 2018.
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Archivist's note
Collection-level record created by Amanda Moreno, February 2021.