Karl Marx's Camel
23rd April 2005, 21:27
Got across a site a few minutes ago.
I would like to get hand on some more information on these people (below), and to get to know if they were really involved in counter-revolutionary activity, or were simply betrayed by the Castro-regime.
The more information, the better.
I am also looking for extensive information on the death of Camilo Cienfuegos.
I heard he and Castro was supposed to split Cuba, Castro ruling one part, and Camilo the other.. Then he died.. Is this true?
Do you have an opinion on what happened to him?
BETRAYED COMRADES
The following are some of the original members who were double-crossed by Castro:
· Maj. Sorí Marín, author of the original agrarian-reform program, who fought alongside Castro in the mountains, was caught conspiring with other rebel army officers who had fought to restore democracy and freedom to Cuba. He was executed on specific orders of Castro himself several days before the Bay of Pigs invasion, April 17, 1961.
· Maj. Víctor Mora saved Fidel, Raúl, Che Guevara and other survivors when they landed from Mexico on Dec. 2, 1956. A Sierra Maestra native, Mora led them around the Cuban Army to a safe haven high up in the mountains.
After the victory, it didn't take Mora long to realize that he and others had been sold out by Castro. Caught conspiring, Mora was sentenced to 10 years. Once released, he escaped to the United States, where he lived modestly in Little Havana.
· Pedro Luis Díaz Lanz flew weapons from Venezuela and Costa Rica to Castro's ``eagle's nest'' in the mountains. After victory, he was named Castro's personal pilot. But soon he complained to Castro that Raúl and Guevara were indoctrinating his air force men in Marxism.
Tipped that Castro had ordered his arrest, Díaz Lanz and his wife, Tania, and brother barely escaped to Miami in a sailboat in June 1959. Weeks later, Díaz Lanz became the first ``26-er'' to testify before a U.S. Senate committee, accusing Castro of selling out the revolution to the Soviet Union.
· Maj. Húber Matos, a school teacher turned guerrilla fighter, was one of the genuine heroes in the fight against the Cuban army. In October 1959, 10 months after the revolution came to power, Matos sent a letter of resignation to Castro, complaining that communists, who had not lifted a finger to oust the Batista regime, were taking over the revolution.
Castro ordered a court martial in which Matos was accused of being a ``counterrevolutionary.'' After serving a 20-year sentence, Matos came to Miami, where he has been one of the leaders of the Cuban Forum.
· Jesús Yánes Pelletier was a sergeant in the Cuban Army assigned to Boniato Prison, where Castro was sent after being sentenced for attacking the Moncada barracks. Yánes Pelletier was ordered to poison Castro's food. He refused, was given a dishonorable discharge and then joined the 26th of July movement.
When the revolution arrived, Castro made Yánes Pelletier a captain in charge of his personal guard. Soon Yánes Pelletier became disenchanted with the communists and began conspiring. He was caught and in 1977 was sentenced to 15 years. He refused to leave Cuba and was the vice president of the Cuban Committee for Human Rights before his death last year.
· Among the saddest cases -- and there are hundreds in every city, town and village in Cuba -- is that of Mario Chanes de Armas. He had impeccable credentials as a founder of the revolutionary movement with Castro before the attack on the Moncada barracks.
Chanes de Armas survived the Moncada attack, trained in Mexico, came over on the yacht Gramma and lived to greet Castro in Havana when the conquering heroes arrived on Jan. 9, 1959, on top of a U.S. Sherman tank.The movement disappeared after Castro sold out to the Soviet Union and the Communist Party.
Chanes de Armas could have had any position he wanted in the revolutionary government, but he opted to return to his work in a brewery. For two years he watched his former leader betray their movement. Finally, he spoke against the communists. He was tried as a ``counterrevolutionary,'' and on July 17, 1961, was sentenced to 30 years.
After spending six years in solitary, he was released exactly 30 years to the date of his imprisonment. In 1993 he was united with his four sisters in Miami.
Although he doesn't belong to any exile political group, he forms part of a group of former prisoners who travel throughout Latin America talking to heads of states about the reality of Castro's Cuba.
http://www.sigloxxi.org/Archivo/menleft.htm
I would like to get hand on some more information on these people (below), and to get to know if they were really involved in counter-revolutionary activity, or were simply betrayed by the Castro-regime.
The more information, the better.
I am also looking for extensive information on the death of Camilo Cienfuegos.
I heard he and Castro was supposed to split Cuba, Castro ruling one part, and Camilo the other.. Then he died.. Is this true?
Do you have an opinion on what happened to him?
BETRAYED COMRADES
The following are some of the original members who were double-crossed by Castro:
· Maj. Sorí Marín, author of the original agrarian-reform program, who fought alongside Castro in the mountains, was caught conspiring with other rebel army officers who had fought to restore democracy and freedom to Cuba. He was executed on specific orders of Castro himself several days before the Bay of Pigs invasion, April 17, 1961.
· Maj. Víctor Mora saved Fidel, Raúl, Che Guevara and other survivors when they landed from Mexico on Dec. 2, 1956. A Sierra Maestra native, Mora led them around the Cuban Army to a safe haven high up in the mountains.
After the victory, it didn't take Mora long to realize that he and others had been sold out by Castro. Caught conspiring, Mora was sentenced to 10 years. Once released, he escaped to the United States, where he lived modestly in Little Havana.
· Pedro Luis Díaz Lanz flew weapons from Venezuela and Costa Rica to Castro's ``eagle's nest'' in the mountains. After victory, he was named Castro's personal pilot. But soon he complained to Castro that Raúl and Guevara were indoctrinating his air force men in Marxism.
Tipped that Castro had ordered his arrest, Díaz Lanz and his wife, Tania, and brother barely escaped to Miami in a sailboat in June 1959. Weeks later, Díaz Lanz became the first ``26-er'' to testify before a U.S. Senate committee, accusing Castro of selling out the revolution to the Soviet Union.
· Maj. Húber Matos, a school teacher turned guerrilla fighter, was one of the genuine heroes in the fight against the Cuban army. In October 1959, 10 months after the revolution came to power, Matos sent a letter of resignation to Castro, complaining that communists, who had not lifted a finger to oust the Batista regime, were taking over the revolution.
Castro ordered a court martial in which Matos was accused of being a ``counterrevolutionary.'' After serving a 20-year sentence, Matos came to Miami, where he has been one of the leaders of the Cuban Forum.
· Jesús Yánes Pelletier was a sergeant in the Cuban Army assigned to Boniato Prison, where Castro was sent after being sentenced for attacking the Moncada barracks. Yánes Pelletier was ordered to poison Castro's food. He refused, was given a dishonorable discharge and then joined the 26th of July movement.
When the revolution arrived, Castro made Yánes Pelletier a captain in charge of his personal guard. Soon Yánes Pelletier became disenchanted with the communists and began conspiring. He was caught and in 1977 was sentenced to 15 years. He refused to leave Cuba and was the vice president of the Cuban Committee for Human Rights before his death last year.
· Among the saddest cases -- and there are hundreds in every city, town and village in Cuba -- is that of Mario Chanes de Armas. He had impeccable credentials as a founder of the revolutionary movement with Castro before the attack on the Moncada barracks.
Chanes de Armas survived the Moncada attack, trained in Mexico, came over on the yacht Gramma and lived to greet Castro in Havana when the conquering heroes arrived on Jan. 9, 1959, on top of a U.S. Sherman tank.The movement disappeared after Castro sold out to the Soviet Union and the Communist Party.
Chanes de Armas could have had any position he wanted in the revolutionary government, but he opted to return to his work in a brewery. For two years he watched his former leader betray their movement. Finally, he spoke against the communists. He was tried as a ``counterrevolutionary,'' and on July 17, 1961, was sentenced to 30 years.
After spending six years in solitary, he was released exactly 30 years to the date of his imprisonment. In 1993 he was united with his four sisters in Miami.
Although he doesn't belong to any exile political group, he forms part of a group of former prisoners who travel throughout Latin America talking to heads of states about the reality of Castro's Cuba.
http://www.sigloxxi.org/Archivo/menleft.htm