|
Rafael Villaverde
Rafael Villaverde (March 8, 1942 - March 31, 1982) was a Cuban-born exile living in the United States and a veteran of the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Bay of Pigs (Playa Giron). He was a soldier and spy, who worked for the United States Army and the Central Intelligence Agency. Villaverde was a staunch anticommunist, a vocal opponent of the Castro regime, and anti-Castro activist (activista anticastra). Villaverde had been deployed to Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and elsewhere. Villaverde was a member of Brigade 2506, which was a brigade of Cuban exiles who took part in the invasion of Cuba during the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Bay of Pigs. Villaverde's unit was captured, and he was held in detention by the Castro regime. After Villaverde was released from Cuban prison, his vocal opposition to Castro increased, and he became a well known figure in the Cuban community in Miami. After the failed invasion, the CIA settled Villaverde into a job with the United Fund, where he learned the operating me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital. Cuba is the List of countries and dependencies by population, third-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with about 10 million inhabitants. It is the largest country in the Caribbean by area. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited as early as the 4th millennium BC, with the Guanahatabey and Taino, Taíno peoples inhabiting the area at the time of Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |