Camilo Cienfuegos
Search results
Huber Matos Benítez (26 November 1918 – 27 February 2014) was a Cuban military leader, political dissident, activist, and writer. He opposed the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista from its inception in 1952 and fought alongside Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Che Guevara, Camilo Cienfuegos and other members of the 26th of July Movement to ...
Mar 1, 2014 · March 1, 2014. Huber Matos, a top commander in Fidel Castro’s army who broke from the Cuban revolution in 1959 over its tilt toward Communism, endured a harsh imprisonment for 20 years and...
- Lizette Alvarez
Mar 3, 2014 · One of the most prominent political prisoners to pass through the jails of Fidel Castro's Cuba, Huber Matos, who has died aged 95, was a former guerrilla comandante turned anti-Castro activist....
- Phil Gunson
The case of Comandante Huber Matos, sentenced by Fidel Castro's regime to 20 years in prison for "acts of sedition and treason" only nine months after the rebel victory, signaled a breakdown in...
- American Experience
Feb 27, 2014 · The only exiled dissident among the original leaders of the 1959 Cuban revolution, Huber Matos, has died in Miami at the age of 95. He was arrested in 1960 and sentenced to 20 years in jail for...
The Huber Matos affair was a political scandal in Cuba when on October 20, 1959, army commander Huber Matos resigned and accused Fidel Castro of "burying the revolution". Fifteen of Matos' officers resigned with him. Immediately after the resignation, Castro critiqued Matos and accused him of disloyalty, then sent Camilo Cienfuegos to arrest ...
People also ask
Who was Huber Matos?
Who was Huber Matos Benitez?
How did Huber Matos become involved in Cuban politics?
Why was Comandante Huber Matos sentenced to 20 years in prison?
Feb 27, 2014 · MIAMI (AP) — Huber Matos Benitez, who helped lead the Cuban Revolution as one of Fidel Castro’s key lieutenants before his efforts to resign from the burgeoning communist government landed him in prison for 20 years, has died. He was 95.
