Revolution (Cuba : 1959).
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Rafael Martínez Pupo Papers Relating to Comandos Mambises
Collection
Identifier: MS Group 297
Abstract
Rafael Martínez Pupo was a successful business man in Cuba who lost all of his enterprises and belongings when Fidel Castro nationalized private property in 1959. He went into exile to Guatemala. In 1963, the CIA recruited Martínez Pupo to lead a special operations unit of Cuban exiles whose mission was to sabotage strategic targets in Cuba. This unit was known as Comandos Mambises. The collection includes Martínez Pupo's correspondence with Cuban exiles, presidents, news agents, as well as...
Dates:
1959-1984; Majority of material found within 1963-1964
Robert N. Pierce Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS Group 235
Abstract
Newspaper clippings, contents of an official press packet, and photographs from reporter Robert N. Pierce's trip to Cuba shortly after Fidel Castro came to power in 1959.
Dates:
1959
Twentieth-Century Cuban Documents Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0509
Abstract
The collection contains photographs, newsletters, booklets, flyers, brochures, Cuban pesos, and documents on topics related to politics, economy, military, tourism, education, the 26th of July Movement, Fidel Castro’s supporters, and communism during the 20th Century in Cuba.
Dates:
1900-1997