A project to list each person killed for and against the Cuban revolution by name and date is underway, but it struggles to garner the funding it needs to complete its mission.

“The two men’s names are now on the Cuba Archive, a labor of love by two Cuban Americans who have vowed — at great personal costs — to record the history of those killed fighting for and against the Cuban revolution. It is a tedious task being undertaken by Dr. Armando Lago, a 66-year-old half-paralyzed economist, and Maria C. Werlau, 46, who gave up her consulting business to focus on documenting the dead.

The two seek to list, by name and with at least two sources, those who lost their lives fighting against or alongside Fidel Castro. Theirs is believed to be the first such systematic and well-sourced list of the names, which have been mounted on white Styrofoam crosses displayed each year at the Cuban Memorial in Tamiami Park.”

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