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Pedrón, Luis

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• 2012 May 14

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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

Perodin, Sergio

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• 2011 May 25

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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.

Pichardo, Ernesto

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• 2010 November 11

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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...

Piña, Alicio

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• 2011 October 26

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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...

Portela, Leonor

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• 2011 July 12

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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...

Quadreny, Jorge L.

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• 2011 July 2

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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

Quintana, Nicolas

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• 2009 October 23

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Renowned Cuban architect and urbanist.

Ramirez, Rafael "Felo"

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• 2008 December 4

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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.

Rasco, Jose Ignacio

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• 2010 February 20

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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

Rivera, Agapito

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• 2011 January 6

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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.

Rivero, Antonio

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• 2009 November 5

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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

Roblan, Armando

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• 2012 June 13

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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

Rodriguez de Aragon, Roberto

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• 2011 July 14

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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 ...

Rodriguez, Ana Lazara

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• 2010 October 18

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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

Rodriguez, Felix Ismael

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• 2012 June 5

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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...

Roman, Monsignor Agustin A.

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• 2009 February 11 ; 2009 March 19

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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

Romani, Salvador

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• 2011 September 12

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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.

Ros, Enrique

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• 2011 October 11

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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

Rosa, Pili de la

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• 2010 November 10

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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

Salvat, Juan Manuel

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• 2012 August 2

Part of:

• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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 ...