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Alpha 66 I.	Lead Section II. Recent Activity III. Alpha 66 an Lee Harvey Oswald IV. History V.     Today VI. In Popular Culture VII. See Also VIII. References Simkin, John. "Alpha 66". Spartacus-educational

RECENT ACTIVITY

Alpha 66 still has an office residing in Miami, as of 2004. The organization also has a new chief, his name is Ernesto Diaz Rodriguez. Under his regime he wants to stay true to the original intent of the organization. That original is to combat strategy for radical change in Cuba. As of 2004, Rodriguez stated that Alpha 66 was planning on expanding their two locations. One of the locations residing in Miami, Florida which served as an office, headquarters type of area. While the other location was in Rumba Sur which served as a military training camp. Allard, J. (2004). Alpha 66 �expands its offices and training camp.� Retrieved from http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/belligerence/alpha66-camp.htm

Alpha 66 and Lee Harvey Oswald

While Alpha 66 was an anti-Castro group and their goals were to invade Cuba. They had some ties to the United States as well. It is hypothesized that Lee Harvey Oswald had some connections with Alpha 66. The last people Oswald was known to be with were Alpha 66 members. It is believed that after Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy he was on his way to a safe house owned by Alpha 66. Oswald even told Alpha 66 about his plans to kill the President. There are witnesses saying that Cuba knew which then lead to Castro finding out about the assassination.

The chief operating officer of Alpha 66 was eventually found to be a spy for Cuba. The commander, Francisco Avila Azcuy, announced that he had worked as a spy for Cuba since 1979. While he had also been a spy for Cuba, Azcuy had also been providing the American Government with information regarding the Cuban spy network in the United States as well as various activities of other Anti-Castro organizations. Mr. Avila organized many Alpha 66 attacks on Cuba at the behest of the Cuban government with money supplied by Cuban intelligence agents. He was also asked to monitor activities of many prominent Cuban exiles in Miami. Mr. Avila admitted that on many occasions that the Cuban government gave him money for Alpha 66 to carry out attacks on Cuba.

HISTORY Alpha 66 had a plot to assassinate then President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez. However, before the attack could be carried out, Fidel Castro exposed Diaz's plans. Allard, J. (2004). Alpha 66 �expands its offices and training camp.� Retrieved from http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/belligerence/alpha66-camp.htm

TODAY

Alpha 66 still has a running and active website. The organization acknowledges that A is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. However, to the organization it means the beginning of the fight against communism in Cuba. Many of the Alpha 66 members were, as listed on their website, were “professionals”. Other professions listed were accountants, workers, and revolutionaries who had previously fought against the Batista. According to 2005 and Alpha 66's website they had current plans and operations underway. Most of the content under their section of "New Operation Plans" contains information regarding their members. Specifically, members holding high positions in the organization. According to their website, Alpha 66 was planning on landing a guerrilla force in Cuba under the command of Vicente Mendez. This operation was planned to take place after 1969. Vicente Mendez had been appointed to be in charge of military operations for Alpha 66.

Alpha 66 was dedicated to destroying Castro’s communist agenda. Before the fall of the terrorist group, Alpha 66, made their goals very clear. They wanted to play a major role in the fall of the Cuban tyranny and be the leader in other democratic revolutions.

*** Comments***

Overall, I thought your article was very good. I do think that maybe you should have a better lead section that explains who and what Alpha 66 is before reading on into the article. The reader should be given some idea of what they are about to read otherwise it may be confusing at first when they go through the article. I think you may need to retitle the section you have listed as Popular Culture. The way you have the section set up, it is more just describing their current day operations rather than their references in movies or the media. A better title would perhaps be “Current Activities” or something along those lines. It should give the information that the group is still active and gives the ability for someone to add information on the group in the future. The portion of the section where you discuss the CIA documents reads a bit odd. This might be the best way of sharing this information as I have not read the source material but I would consider reworking some of the section. Another option for something you could do is add a leadership section. You already have some information over one of their commander. Consider adding some of the other commanders and some information about them. Another bit of information could also be about who founded the organization and what was the purpose for its founding. Overall, this is a good article with a good amount of information that you have found. I think you just need to rework some of the sections and titles.