1. Manuel Artime was the nephew of popular Cuban poet Jose Angel Bueza, and was raised as a devout Catholic by Jesuits.
10 Facts About Manuel Artime
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Manuel Artime graduated as a doctor and planned to become a psychiatrist.
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In that post, under Major Humberto Sori Marin, Minister of Agriculture, and Rogelio Gonzalez Corzo, Director of Agriculture, Manuel Artime promoted the work of the Comandos Rurales, a kind of Peace Corps composed of young people, most of whom belonged to the University Catholic Group in Havana.
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Manuel Artime took asylum with the Jesuits in Havana, and on 7 November 1959 his resignation letter from INRA and the revolutionary army was published on the front page of Avance newspaper.
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Manuel Artime then contacted the American embassy in Havana, and on 14 December 1959, the CIA arranged for him to travel to the US on a Honduran freighter ship.
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Manuel Artime became closely involved with Gerry Droller of the CIA in recruiting and organizing Cuban exiles in Miami for future actions against the Cuban government.
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Manuel Artime was finally released from prison and flown to Miami on 24 December 1962.
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On 29 December 1962, Manuel Artime was on stage next to US President John F Kennedy at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, during the 'welcome back' ceremony for captured Brigade 2506 veterans.
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Manuel Artime participated in a failed assassination attempt against Fidel Castro in 1965.
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Manuel Artime is buried at Woodlawn Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, now Caballero Rivero Woodlawn North Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, in Miami.