Archival Collections

Aguila-Meneses, Lourdes

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2012 June 12

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whose mother, Lourdes Aguila, founded the Miami-based charity Liga Contra el Cancer.

Abreu, Ernesto

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2010 September 30

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Abreu, a leader in the underground and guerrilla movements in Cuba in the early 1960s, was instrumental in setting up training camps for anti-Castro exile’s forces in Central America. Prominent in Cuban exiles organizations in Miami, at 75 infiltr...

Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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Collection
2008-2013

The Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project collection includes videos, outlines, and selected transcripts of oral history interviews conducted principally with members of the first generations of Cubans exiled since the Cuban Revolution. Interviews...

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 equip...

Vazquez, Eva

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2011 June 23

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Actress in radio, theater and TV in Cuba in the 1940s and 1950s, who married actor Carlos Badías. Her son, Carlos Alberto Badías, was a famous romantic lead in the early 1950s who later became a political prisoner under Castro

Sonia Calero

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2014 January 16

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Sonia Calero, a Cuban Rumba dancer, ballerina and choreographer. Calero is recognized worldwide for her work in Cuban dance with her late husband, Alberto Alonso. She was born in Havana to a working class family, and at eleven years old she enroll...

Torres, Asela

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2010 September 6

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Photographer who has spent almost 40 years documenting Cuban and Hispanic performing arts in South Florida.

Suarez Baster, Rodrigo

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2011 November 9

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Member of the House of Representatives of Cuba before the Revolution

Valls, Jorge

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2011 November 20

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Philosopher, mystic, poet, and former “plantado” political prisoner.

Soto, Osvaldo

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2011 June 27

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Founder and current president of SALAD (Spanish American League Against Discrimination).

Tabernilla Palmero, Francisco "Silito"

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2009 August 20

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General in the Cuban Armed Forces during the Batista regime and son of the highest ranking military chief at that time

Valdes, Zoe

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2011 April 22

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Award-winning Cuban writer.

Rodriguez, Felix Ismael

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2012 June 5

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Former Central Intelligence Agency operative best known for leading the interrogation and execution of Ernesto "Che" Guevara in Bolivia in 1967. Rodríguez also participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion, and became president of the Brigade...

Romani, Salvador

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2011 September 12

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Journalist and political leader of the Cuban exile community in Venezuela for over 35 years, with extensive knowledge of that community's development and political influence. Romaní is now a twice-exiled Cuban in Miami.

Rosa, Pili de la

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2010 November 10

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Co-founder and director of Sociedad Pro Arte Grateli, Miami’s oldest Hispanic performing arts company.

Rodriguez, Ana Lazara

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2010 October 18

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Doctor and political prisoner who served 19 years in Cuba. She is the author of Diary of a Survivor (St. Martin’s Press, 1995).

Santiago, Juan Antonio "Tony"

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2011 January 21

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Renowned labor leader and representative abroad of Partido Social Demócrata Cubano.

Roman, Monsignor Agustin A.

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2009 February 11 ; 2009 March 19

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First Cuban-born Catholic bishop in the US since the colonial era. Spearheaded the construction of the Ermita de la Caridad shrine

Ros, Enrique

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2011 October 11

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Historian, Bay of Pigs veteran and father of U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

Salvat, Juan Manuel

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2012 August 2

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Cuban activist and dissident who co-founded the anti-Castro organization Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil (DRE). Salvat actively worked against the Castro government in Cuba, and continued his dissident activities after his exile in 1960. He ...

Santos de Mas Canosa, Irma

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2010 August 9

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Widow of Jorge Mas Canosa, founder of the Cuban American National Foundation.

Quadreny, Jorge L.

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2011 July 2

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Cuban engineer who participated in MRR clandestine cells in Cuba and was a leader of the Cuban exile community in Puerto Rico.

Ramirez, Rafael "Felo"

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2008 December 4

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The only Cuban sports broadcaster in the Baseball Hall of Fame and a leading force in Cuban sports (especially baseball and boxing) since the 1940s.

Rivera, Agapito

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2011 January 6

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Known as “El Guajiro Rivera,” a living legend among the anti-Castro guerrilla forces of the 1960s. Captured by Castro’s army with so many bullet wounds that he was left to die, he survived and spent many years in prison.

Roblan, Armando

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2012 June 13

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Miami-based writer, actor and comedian best known for his imitations of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro on television, stage, and film

Portela, Leonor

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2011 July 12

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Cuban exile widowed in 1961s Bay of Pigs invasion, Portela was motivated by a religious experience in the 1980s to sell her Miami home and move to Guatemala where she founded Misioneros del Camino (Missioners of the Road), an orphanage that curren...

Quintana, Nicolas

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2009 October 23

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Renowned Cuban architect and urbanist.

Rasco, Jose Ignacio

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2010 February 20

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Former leader of the Movimiento Democrático Cristiano and other Cuban anti-communist organizations.

Rivero, Antonio

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2009 November 5

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Only surviving Rivero brother from the family that made a name for itself in the funerary and florist industry both in Cuba and Miami.

Rodriguez de Aragon, Roberto

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2011 July 14

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Former member of the House of Representatives of Cuba pre-Castro. Because of his close relationship with the Batista family and government, he was among the first Cubans exiled in Miami in 1959 and has served as president of Municipios de Cuba en ...

Palacios Ruiz, Hector

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2008 July 17

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One of the founders of the Varela Project, Cuban human rights advocate and one of 75 opposition leaders jailed in March 2003.

Patterson, Enrique

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2011 January 26

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Former professor at the University of Havana, Miami journalist, and expert on race relations in Cuba.

Pedrón, Luis

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2012 May 14

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Exiled Cuban guerilla fighter who participated in the 26th of July Movement with Frank País.

Pichardo, Ernesto

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2010 November 11

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Co-founder of the Church of Lukumí Babalú Aye in Hialeah, Florida and Santeria priest and advocate. In 1992, his church won the U.S. Supreme Court case against the City of Hialeah over a city ordinance barring the sacrifice of animals during Sante...

Palmer, Eduardo

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2011 November 5

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Cuban-born lawyer and film producer whose work includes the documentary Havana: a Portrait of Yesteryear.

Paz, Luis de la

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2012 July 26

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Cuban-born writer who came to Miami on the Mariel Boatlift. He has written numerous plays and dramatic works, as well as a column for Diario Las Américas.

Perodin, Sergio

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2011 May 25

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Survivor of the sinking of the “Trece de Marzo” tugboat at Havana harbor in 1994, he lost his wife and an infant son in that tragedy.

Piña, Alicio

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2011 October 26

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Cuban exile who arrived in Miami alone at the age of 16 and went on to be the first Mariel refugee to receive a law degree from the University of Miami. After serving as chief deputy of Miami-Dade County Courts, he started his own real estate comp...

O'Farrill, Albertina

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29 March 2008; 2008 April 4

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Former political prisoner who served time with Polita Grau.

Mas Santos, Jorge

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2011 August 4

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American-born son of exile leader Jorge Mas Canosa, CEO of MasTec, and president of the Cuban American National Foundation.

Medrano, Humberto

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2010 September 13

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Journalist and former sub-director of Cuba’s Prensa Libre. Director of Radio and TV Martí in exile

Mesa-Marti Betancourt Sharpe, Lidia

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2011 January 16

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Widow of Juan René Betancourt, president of the Federation of Cuban Societies of Color who wrote a number of books about racial discrimination in Cuba in the 1950s. Mrs. Sharpe is owner of the Little Havana Restaurant on Cornelia Street in Manhat...

Martinez, Eugenio Rolando "Musculito"

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2010 June 29

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Considered to be the Cuban who infiltrated the island more times that anyone else as a CIA agent and member of the Movimiento de Recuperación Revolucionaria (MRR). He also was one of the four "plumbers" in the Watergate scandal.

Pais, Agustin

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2011 October 17

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Brother of Frank País, who is regarded by many as the one revolutionary leader who could rival Fidel Castro in the struggle against Batista. Frank was killed in the Santiago de Cuba´s uprising that was planned to unfold at the time that Castro was...

Matos Sr., Huber

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2008 April 23; 2008 May 1; 2008 May 7

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Famous “comandante” of Castro’s guerrilla, first Commander-in-Chief of Camagüey province. Jailed for 20 years for denouncing Castro’s communist leanings in October 1959. Director of the anti-Castro exile group “Cuba Independiente y Democratica.”

Menendez, Denetrio

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2011 July 5

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Set designer, stage manager, entertainment entrepreneur, musician, and all-around behind-the-scenes man of Cuban performing arts who helped found Añorada Cuba and Sociedad Pro-Arte Grateli. Menéndez was a TV set designer at CMQ TV in Cuba. As an e...

Lopez, Tony

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2009 June 13

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Cuban sculptor.

Machado, Gus

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2011 February 3

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Founder of one of largest Hispanic car dealerships in the United States and philanthropist.

Leon Jr., Benjamin

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2009 October 28

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Founder and CEO of Leon Medical Centers (LMC), a seven-clinic medical group that focuses on healthcare for Hispanic seniors. With his father, León ran Miami’s first pre-paid medical center, Clinica Asociación Cubana.

Lezama Lima, Eloisa

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2009 May 22

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Sister and confidant of Cuba’s great poet José Lezama Lima.

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