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Fajardo, Josefina

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• 2010 October 20

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

First wife of Cuban flutist and internationally renowned bandleader José Fajardo.

Father Sergio Carrillo

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• 2013 September 10

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Father Sergio Carrillo, a veteran paratrooper at the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1960 and later exiled to the United States. He was ordained in the Archdiocese of Miami in 1982, and has served as a priest in Miami, Guatemala and Colombia.

Feldenkreis, George

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• 2012 February 8

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

CEO and Chairman of Perry Ellis International and prominent member of the Cuban Jewish community.

Fernandez, Camilo

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• 2011 January 15

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

One of the founders of the Asociación Pro Cuba (Pro-Cuba Association) of Elizabeth, New Jersey and president of the Junta Patriótica Cubana (Patriotic Cuban Junta) in that area

Ferreira M.D., Leonor

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• 2011 September 26

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Civic leader and one of the first Cuban female physicians actively involved in the University of Havana and political struggles of her times. Ferreira is a founding and active member of the Miami-based organization Junta Patriótica Cubana.

Fiallo, Delia Pascual

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• 2012 September 29

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Author of radio dramas and television novellas, who found success both in pre-Revolutionary Cuba and after her exile in the United States. Among her most famous works are Soraya, El Angel Perverso, and Lidia Sandoval.

Fleitas, Andrés

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• 2011 June 29

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Legend of Cuban baseball and distinguished player in the old Cuban professional league and internationally who was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.

Garcia Fusté, Tomás

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• 2010 December 8

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Pioneer of Cuban radio in Miami.

Garcia, Jaime

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• 2011 November 21

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Pianist, chief arranger, and founder of Miami's Conjunto Universal.

Garrido, José A.

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• 2013 January 22

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Cuban-born businessman and chairman of the Garrido Group in Miami, Florida.

Germain, Miguel

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• 2011 July 11

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Cuban activist of Haitian descent who served as president of Municipios de Cuba en el Exilio in the early 1970s, which probably made him the first black Cuban to preside over a Cuban exile organization in Miami.

Goderich, Mario P.

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• 2012 May 22

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Cuban-born lawyer who became the first Cuban-American appointed and later elected as a judge in the Third and Eleventh Judicial Circuit Courts of Florida.

Gómez Gómez, José

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• 2011 June 7

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

One of the thousands of Spaniards who emigrated from Galicia to Cuba and established himself in the Cuban middle class of the 1950s. Gómez Gómez followed his Cuban family and friends into exile in Miami, where he was one of the founders and still ...

González, Fidel

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• 2012 March 7

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

A defense attorney for many death penalty candidates before Cuba's revolutionary courts, who soon became a target himself of the dictatorship. Dr. González was one of the early Cuban exiles in the New York-New Jersey region, where he has been...

Grau de Santeiro, Maria

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• 2010 February 20

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Granddaughter of Gerardo Machado y Morales, fifth president of Cuba

Gustavo de los Reyes

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• 2013 September 13

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Gustavo de los Reyes, a former ranch owner in Cuba. After Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba, de los Reyes conspired with William Morgan, an American double agent who later reported him to the Castro authorities, leading to de los Reyes’ arrest an...

Gutiérrez, Carlos

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• 2012 August 14

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Cuban-American businessman and political figure. Gutiérrez served as CEO of Kellogg’s corporation from 1999-2004, and is attributed as saving the company from bankruptcy. He left his post to join George W. Bush’s administration in 2004, as the 35t...

Hernandez, Francisco "Pepe" J.

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• 2010 October 15

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

President of the Cuban American National Foundation.

Huertas M.D., Enrique

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• 2011 January 6

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

President of Colegio Médico Cubano Libre (Free Cuban Medical College) and a leader in the Cuban exile community

Iriondo, Sylvia G.

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• 2012 February 29

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Founder and President of Mothers Against Repression (MAR), an organization that fights for the democratization of Cuba. Iriondo is an internationally recognized human rights activist.