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Originally Posted by Texas Star
I just read your first post more carefully .
He was not the only European against Batista. Fidel Castro was a Spaniard!
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He may have had dual citizenship birth rights because of his father being Spanish, but he was Cuban born.
After I posted about him, I poked around the net a bit more looking for his story and found a bunch of stuff, but almost none was in English so I could understand it.
I did see that there are still honorary annual celebrations in those countries. Found this picture from when he visited for the 40th anniversary of the revolution and Fidel hugged him.
What I've read was the successful attack against Batista was launched from Mexico aboard a yacht called the Granma. 82 were aboard and landed in Cuba. Within 3 days, Batista counter attacked and killed all but 20 of the raiders, who eventually rallied and deposed Batista. A photo album of the original 82 Granma raiders has my painter in it.
Shortly after the victory, he left Cuba for NY, divorcing his Cuban wife. Maybe it didn't turn out the way he hoped, trading one dictator for another.