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Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

• CHC5212
• 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...

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Alba Buffill, Elio

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• 2012 July 25

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

An academic and expert on Cuban literature who has written books on the works of José Martí and Enrique José Varona.

Arboleya, Carlos

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• 2010 August 17

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Former Vice Chairman Barnett Bank of South Florida, N.A. and civic leader recognized for his leadership in the scouting movement

Arregui, Ricardo

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• 2012 October 2

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Founder of Publicidad Arregui and Arregui International Advertising.

Beato M.D., Virgilio

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• 2010 July 17

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Renowned physician.

Benguria, Carmina

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• 2011 June 29

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Cuban poet and last surviving “recitadora” of the 1940s and 1950s, who attained fame in 1959, at the triumph of the Revolution, for her rendering of the Marcha triunfal del Ejército Rebelde, only to became a Cuban exiled soon after.

Castillo, Amelia del

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• 2012 May 23

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Well-known poet, essayist, and narrator.

Chirino, Willy

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• 2012 July 16

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Renowned Cuban-American salsa singer and music producer. Chirino has recorded over 20 albums since 1974, winning a Grammy in 2006 for Best Salsa/Merenge Album.

Clark, Juan M.

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• 2011 June 21

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Well-known sociologist, and professor emeritus at Miami Dade College. A Bay of Pigs veteran and former political prisoner, Dr. Clark is the author, among other works, of Cuba, mito y realidad (Saeta Ediciones, 1992).

Diaz, Sonia

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• 2012 June 11

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Interviewed with Martha del Pino, two Miami-area ballet instructors who founded the Coral Gables-based Academia Cubana de Ballet

Dúran, Alfredo

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• 2010 November 5

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Bay of Pigs veteran who chaired the Florida Democratic Party from 1976 to 1980.  By appointment by Florida governor Reubin Askew in 1973, he was the first Hispanic to serve on the Miami-Dade County School Board. A former president of the Veteran’s...

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, Jaime

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• 2011 November 21

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

Germain, Miguel

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• 2011 July 11

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• 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.

Hernandez, Francisco "Pepe" J.

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• 2010 October 15

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President of the Cuban American National Foundation.

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.

Lopez, Tony

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• 2009 June 13

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

Cuban sculptor.

Machado, Gus

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• 2011 February 3

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• Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project

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