Posted on: February 25th, 2008
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ] [ Eye Openers ]
Tags: Cuba, Cuban
In the summer of 1961, 66 young men created one of the first militant organizations in Miami’s Cuban exile community: Alpha 66.
Plotting Fidel Castro’s demise, they sneaked onto the island with weapons several times in an effort to start a counterrevolution in the 1960s — some were caught and imprisoned on the communist island for years. By the 1980s, the then-middle-aged exiles were training in the Everglades, still hoping to liberate Cuba on their terms.
Now in the twilight of their lives, the surviving founders of the group and their supporters are gathering near Los Angeles this weekend to map strategy for the post-Fidel era. That Raúl Castro may be Cuba’s next designated president only makes Alpha 66 more determined to hasten the end of a regime almost half a century old.”*
*From: http://www.miamiherald.com
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