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Cuban Nationalist Association
The Cuban Nationalist Association (or Cuban Nationalist Organization) was a Terrorism, terrorist organization of Cuban exiles who were responsible for a series of bombings against the Castro regime and the Cuba, Cuban government. The association was a violent offshoot of the Cuban dissident movement. Eventually, the Cuban Nationalist Association changed its name to the "Cuban Nationalist Movement" (MNC). The founder of the organization was Felipe Rivero Diaz. Bombing of the Maria Teresa Some time in the evening of August 8, 1963, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) received an advanced anonymous warning that there would be an attempt on a Cuban ship in Montreal, Canada. Before dawn, at 3:11 am on August 9, 1963, a 1.091–ton Cuban Cargo ship, Cargo boat called the Maria Teresa (boat), Maria Teresa was rocked with an explosion in front of her bow while moored at Shed 10 in the harbor at Montreal. The explosion sent a wave 30 feet high, and damaged a few windows in a port build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe Rivero Diaz
Felipe Rivero (January 23, 1924 - April 14, 2005) was an anti-Castro Cuban exile who fought against the regime of Fidel Castro as a member of Brigade 2506 in the landings at Playa Girón during the Bay of Pigs Invasion. Rivero soon became an ideological leader of the anti-Castro movement. Rivero was the director, and one of seven creators of the Cuban Nationalist Association (which later changed its name to the Cuban Nationalist Movement (MNC)), which was the first Cuban exile organization to use terror tactics. The MNC was responsible for several terrorist bombings throughout the Americas, including an attempted assassination of Che Guevara during an attack on the Headquarters of the United Nations, and the bombing of the Embassy of Cuba, Ottawa, Cuban embassy in Ottawa. Later in life, Rivero became a radio host at WRHC (AM), where he was known to the community of Little Havana as a Holocaust denier and Fascist. Early life Rivero was born into the wealthy Rivero family, and whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |