User:Zleitzen/Cuba history sandbox

Fabio Grobart forgotten
One notices that Fabio Grobart agent of the third international has been erased from Cuban history, even if Castro did talk about his massive contributions to the foundation of the Cuban communist party (Third international, Stalinist). Amazing how Castroites hog credit. El Jigue 5-30-06

Z: there are large gaps in this coverage most notably removed materials from the 1930, dealing with Sumner Welles and his successor William Wieland (aka (Guillermo) Arturo Montenegro). In addition, Cuban/Soviet Union contacts should not be ignored. These contacts between the Cuban communist parties and the Communist International based in the Soviet Union are probably worth reinserting including references to the key Stalin Agent Abraham Semjovitch (Yunger Semjovich aka Fabio Grobart. Alberto Blanco) one of the founders of the Stalinist version of the Cuban communist party, [54] [55], [56] [57], [58]. you may notice that these citations come from both inside and outside Cuba, although I find the Cuban government sources unreliable. El Jigue 5-27-06

Interesting links El Jigue.--Zleitzen 15:12, 27 May 2006 (UTC) Z: Yes Cuban history is most baroque. Fabio Grobart Sunshine is, I believe, a son of the original Fabio Grobart El Jigue 5-27-06

Z: If you thought those references interesting read [59] and if you want to get and idea why the FBI is trying to get hold of Walter Lippman's papers go to [60]. El Jigue 5-27-06

Z: Professor Zayas-Bazan states the Castro met Fabio Grobart soon after returning from the Bogotazo [Zayas-Bazán, Eduardo 2006 (accessed 5-27-06) El Perfil Psicológico de Fidel Castro [61] For more details including Castro's shooting of Leonel Gomez, Manolo Castro and possibly others see [Diaz Balart Rafael Lincoln 1960 (accessed 5-27-06) Testimony, Communist Threat to the United States Through the Caribbean U.S. Senate Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws, of the Committee on the Judiciary. Tuesday, May 3, 1960 [62] El Jigue 5-27-06

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Casualities of rebels during Attack on the palace It seems that the Rebel casualities of rebels during Attack on the palace, were about 31 out of 42 (34 Autenticos and the rest Directorio [53]. Marcos Rodríguez Alfonso (militant communist) betrayed some survivors and was later shot by Castro when that became public. El Jigue 5-29-06

Alternate data sources on Cuban Economy
Alternate data sources on the Cuban Economy and other aspects of contemporary Cuba can be found in the volumes of "Cuba in Transition" e.g.  El Jigue 5-25-06

Hispaniola contains two countries As a critic clearly noted the island of Hispaniola has a greater population than Cuba; however, Hispaniola contains two countries Haiti and Dominican Republic. Just change island to country. El Jigue 5-30-06

Minor Point: before or after
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 * The result was the Bay of Pigs Invasion of April 1961—the rising did not take place and the invasion force was routed. This prompted Castro to clearly declare Cuba a socialist republic, and himself a Marxist-Leninist, which he did in May 1961.

According to this timeline Cuba "officialy" declared itself socialist one day before the bay of Pigs began. Considering that the DGI had dozens of informants in the operation, the invasion was no suprise, but there is a chronological abnormality here. Torturous Devastating Cudgel 01:36, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Foreign intervention

 * 300,000 saw service in Angola. maximum at one time 50,000 on the ground in the late 80s
 * opposition backed by South Africa, US, Zaire. Trento p.89