--- title: "13 Cuban revolution Quotes By Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba" description: "13 Cuban revolution quotes by Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba. Plus more from Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba and more..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34b/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_cuba_having-reviewed-president-trump-s-new-po_1781685.jpg" --- > [“Having reviewed President Trump’s new policy it is apparent that Carnival and Holland American Cruise Lines will continue to operate their cruises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/having-reviewed-president-trump-s-new-policy-it-is-apparent-that/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34b/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_cuba_having-reviewed-president-trump-s-new-po_1781685.jpg) > [“Castro’s marriage to Mirta failed primarily because her entire family opposed his political views, however his promiscuous ways certainly did not help.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/castro-s-marriage-to-mirta-failed-primarily-because-her-entire-family/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c2/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_cuban-history_castro-s-marriage-to-mirta-failed-primar_2528854.jpg) > [“By October of 1958, most roads leading to the Oriente Province had become impassable. Bridges were cut and dropped by the rebels,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/by-october-of-1958-most-roads-leading-to-the-oriente-province-had/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_civil-war_by-october-of-1958-most-roads-leading-to_1225712.jpg) > [“In the Cuban House of Representatives in 1955, Díaz-Balart spoke out against the amnesty granted to Castro by Batista. He went on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/in-the-cuban-house-of-representatives-in-1955-d-az-balart-spoke-out/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_american-history_in-the-cuban-house-of-representatives-in_1238899.jpg) > [“In 1933, Batista closely allied himself with the newly created, five-man Presidency of Cuba named “The Pentarchy.” Sergio Carbó y Morera, an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/in-1933-batista-closely-allied-himself-with-the-newly-created-five/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_cuba_in-1933-batista-closely-allied-himself-w_437402.jpg) > [“…the following day, after only six months in office, Manuel Urrutia Lleó resigned from the Presidency of Cuba, to which people in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/the-following-day-after-only-six-months-in-office-manuel-urrutia-lle/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_business_the-following-day-after-only-six-months_1031702.jpg) > [“General Gary Prado Salmón, retired, had been the commander of the unit that had captured Guevara. He confirmed General Vargas’ statement and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/general-gary-prado-salm-n-retired-had-been-the-commander-of-the-unit/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_bolivian-history_general-gary-prado-salm-n-retired-had-be_2372099.jpg) > [“Tamara Bunke was the only woman to fight alongside “Che” during his Bolivian campaign. She was an East German national, born in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/tamara-bunke-was-the-only-woman-to-fight-alongside-che-during-his/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_bolivian-history_tamara-bunke-was-the-only-woman-to-fight_1741329.jpg) > [“Gustavo Arcos, a loyal revolutionary who was with Castro in the second car when they attacked the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/gustavo-arcos-a-loyal-revolutionary-who-was-with-castro-in-the-second/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_biography_gustavo-arcos-a-loyal-revolutionary-who_1429133.jpg) > [“On March 13, 1957, with guns blazing, they exited their vehicles and attacked the unwary guards at the Presidential Palace. Running, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/on-march-13-1957-with-guns-blazing-they-exited-their-vehicles-and/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_cuban-history_on-march-13-1957-with-guns-blazing-they_2318454.jpg) > [“As Fidel Castro’s M–26–7 forces increased their attacks, the Cuban army was forced to withdraw into the larger towns for safety. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/as-fidel-castro-s-m-26-7-forces-increased-their-attacks-the-cuban/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_cuban-history_as-fidel-castro-s-m-26-7-forces-increase_1479045.jpg) > [“One of Castro’s first acts as Cuba’s Prime Minister was to go on a diplomatic tour that started on April 15, 1959.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/one-of-castro-s-first-acts-as-cuba-s-prime-minister-was-to-go-on-a/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_american-history_one-of-castro-s-first-acts-as-cuba-s-pri_2604269.jpg) > [“Frank Fiorini, better known as Frank Sturgis, had an interesting career that started when he quit high school during his senior year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/frank-fiorini-better-known-as-frank-sturgis-had-an-interesting-career/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_air-force_frank-fiorini-better-known-as-frank-stur_1633683.jpg) ## Other authors on Cuban revolution - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-fidel-castro-35012.jpg) Fidel Castro 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cuban-revolution/fidel-castro/) ## More by Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba > [“On November 2, 1899, eight members of the United States Navy were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism and service beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/on-november-2-1899-eight-members-of-the-united-states-navy-were/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) > [“For some politics has become a battle ground that allows them to vent their frustrations, while at the same time hide behind the anonymity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/for-some-politics-has-become-a-battle-ground-that-allows-them-to-vent/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) > [“Eight Bells: Robert J. Kane ‘55D died June 3, 2017, in Palm Harbor, Florida. He came to MMA by way of Boston College. Bob…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/eight-bells-robert-j-kane-55d-died-june-3-2017-in-palm-harbor-florida/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) > [“While under the Spanish flag, the Crown rigorously controlled the number of slaves allowed into Cuba and charged the settlers a 20% royalty for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/while-under-the-spanish-flag-the-crown-rigorously-controlled-the/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) > [“Pope Alexander VI issued a Papal bull authorizing the Treaty of Tordesillas on June 7, 1494. The treaty gave everything located beyond 370 leagues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/pope-alexander-vi-issued-a-papal-bull-authorizing-the-treaty-of/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) > [“During Castro’s tour to the United States, Canada and Latin America, everyone in Cuba listened intently to what he was saying. Fidel’s speeches, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/during-castro-s-tour-to-the-united-states-canada-and-latin-america/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) > [“In 1933, Batista closely allied himself with the newly created, five-man Presidency of Cuba named “The Pentarchy.” Sergio Carbó y Morera, an influential member…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/in-1933-batista-closely-allied-himself-with-the-newly-created-five/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) > [“In 1948 upon his return to Havana from Bogotá, Columbia, Castro, as well as others, spoke out against President Grau’s attempt to raise bus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/in-1948-upon-his-return-to-havana-from-bogot-columbia-castro-as-well/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) > [“My comments are historical in nature and are not overtly political, although politics are directly responsible for the outcome of History.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/my-comments-are-historical-in-nature-and-are-not-overtly-political/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) > [“Among other jobs that we did, my brother Bill and I were shoe shine boys in Jersey City and Hoboken during the World War…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/among-other-jobs-that-we-did-my-brother-bill-and-i-were-shoe-shine/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) > [“On October 26, 1963, Nikita Khrushchev contacted President Kennedy and offered to remove the missiles from Cuba in exchange for a promise that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/on-october-26-1963-nikita-khrushchev-contacted-president-kennedy-and/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) > [“The Exciting Story of Cuba has been in demand more than I ever expected. I believe that this is partly because of the renewed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/the-exciting-story-of-cuba-has-been-in-demand-more-than-i-ever/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) > [“When the Planters fled from Haiti, they established coffee farms or cafetales, as part of their newly formed Plantation. Generally, coffee profits were about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/when-the-planters-fled-from-haiti-they-established-coffee-farms-or/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) > [“I can’t say enough about the wonderful people I met in Cuba and feel saddened that they are stuck in the 50’s because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/i-can-t-say-enough-about-the-wonderful-people-i-met-in-cuba-and-feel/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) > [“…the following day, after only six months in office, Manuel Urrutia Lleó resigned from the Presidency of Cuba, to which people in attendance started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/the-following-day-after-only-six-months-in-office-manuel-urrutia-lle/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cuban-revolution/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/#itemlist", "name": "13 Cuban revolution Quotes By Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Having reviewed President Trump’s new policy it is apparent that Carnival and Holland American Cruise Lines will continue to operate their cruises to Havana. 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He had two other sons, José Díaz-Balart, a TV news journalist with Telemundo and MSNBC, and Rafael Díaz-Balart, founder and CEO of Vestec International Corporation, a private banking and investment firm.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/in-the-cuban-house-of-representatives-in-1955-d-az-balart-spoke-out/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_american-history_in-the-cuban-house-of-representatives-in_1238899.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_american-history_in-the-cuban-house-of-representatives-in_1238899.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_american-history_in-the-cuban-house-of-representatives-in_1238899.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the Cuban House of Representatives in 1955, Díaz-Balart spoke out against the amnesty granted to Castro…” — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In 1933, Batista closely allied himself with the newly created, five-man Presidency of Cuba named “The Pentarchy.” Sergio Carbó y Morera, an influential member of the new Executive Commission of the Pentarchy, became Batista’s inside man. On the morning of September 8th, with the country in a precarious state of instability, and as the self-appointed head of the Provisional Government of Cuba, Carbó y Morera appointed Batista as “Chief of the Army” instantly promoting him from sergeant stenographer, to the rank of Colonel. This promotion was supposedly “for merits of war and exceptional services to the country.” Of course, everyone knew that this appointment was only made because of Batista’s successful sergeants’ rebellion and insistent demands. It also mysteriously happened, without the approval of the other four members of the Pentarchy. Ascending to the rank of Colonel without proper approval, Batista took over “Command and Control” of the Cuban army and unbelievably, summarily discharged the entire cadre of Commissioned Officers.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/in-1933-batista-closely-allied-himself-with-the-newly-created-five/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_cuba_in-1933-batista-closely-allied-himself-w_437402.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_cuba_in-1933-batista-closely-allied-himself-w_437402.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_cuba_in-1933-batista-closely-allied-himself-w_437402.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In 1933, Batista closely allied himself with the newly created, five-man Presidency of Cuba named “The…” — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“…the following day, after only six months in office, Manuel Urrutia Lleó resigned from the Presidency of Cuba, to which people in attendance started to applaud. He simply took off his suit coat and changed into a guayabera. Then leaving through a back door, he made his way to the Venezuelan Embassy where he sought asylum. Shortly thereafter, he emigrated from Cuba to the United States where he became bitter and depressed. In 1964 the former President Urrutia wrote a book named ''Fidel Castro & Company, Inc.: Communist Tyranny in Cuba,” condemning the Castro régime. Urrutia charged that he had been ousted from the presidency because Castro sought to stop what he called the “neutralization of his march toward Communism.” On July 5, 1981, Manuel Urrutia Lleó died at St. John's Hospital in Queens, New York. At the time of his death he was 79 years old.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/the-following-day-after-only-six-months-in-office-manuel-urrutia-lle/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_business_the-following-day-after-only-six-months_1031702.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_business_the-following-day-after-only-six-months_1031702.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_business_the-following-day-after-only-six-months_1031702.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“…the following day, after only six months in office, Manuel Urrutia Lleó resigned from the Presidency of…” — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“General Gary Prado Salmón, retired, had been the commander of the unit that had captured Guevara. He confirmed General Vargas’ statement and added that the guerrilla fighters had been burned, before dumping their bodies into a mass grave, dug by a bulldozer, at the end of the Vallegrande airstrip. He explained that the body of “Che” Guevara had been buried in a separate gravesite under the runway. The morning after the burials, “Che” Guevara’s younger brother, Juan Martin Guevara, arrived in Vallegrande, hoping to see his brother’s remains. Upon asking, he was told by the police that it was too late. Talking to some of the army officers, he was told lies or perhaps just differing accounts of the burial, confusing matters even more. The few peasants that were involved and knew what had happened were mysteriously unavailable. Having reached a dead end, he left for Buenos Aires not knowing much more than when he arrived.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/general-gary-prado-salm-n-retired-had-been-the-commander-of-the-unit/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_bolivian-history_general-gary-prado-salm-n-retired-had-be_2372099.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_bolivian-history_general-gary-prado-salm-n-retired-had-be_2372099.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_bolivian-history_general-gary-prado-salm-n-retired-had-be_2372099.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“General Gary Prado Salmón, retired, had been the commander of the unit that had captured Guevara. He…” — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Tamara Bunke was the only woman to fight alongside “Che” during his Bolivian campaign. She was an East German national, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 19, 1937, of Communist activist parents. As a child, her home was frequently used for meetings, hiding weapons and conducting other Communist activities. After World War II, in 1952 she returned to Germany where she attended Humboldt University in Berlin. Tamara met “Che” Guevara when she was an attractive 23-year-old woman in Leipzig, and he was with a Cuban Trade Delegation. The two instantly hit it off as she cozied up to him and, having learned how to fight and use weapons in Pinar del Rio in western Cuba, she joined his expedition to Bolivia. Becoming a spy for the ELN, she adopted the name “Tania” and posed as a right-wing authority of South-American music and folklore. In disguise, she managed to warm up to and entice Bolivian President René Barrientos. She even went on an intimate vacation to Peru with him.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/tamara-bunke-was-the-only-woman-to-fight-alongside-che-during-his/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_bolivian-history_tamara-bunke-was-the-only-woman-to-fight_1741329.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_bolivian-history_tamara-bunke-was-the-only-woman-to-fight_1741329.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_bolivian-history_tamara-bunke-was-the-only-woman-to-fight_1741329.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Tamara Bunke was the only woman to fight alongside “Che” during his Bolivian campaign. She was an East…” — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Gustavo Arcos, a loyal revolutionary who was with Castro in the second car when they attacked the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba, was shot in his back. The shot severely wounded him and disabled his right leg, thereby causing him a lifetime of pain. A few years later, Arcos went to Mexico with the intention of gathering support as well as money and munitions for the movement. After the revolution, for his loyalty, Gustavo Arcos was appointed the Cuban Ambassador to Belgium. However, as ambassador he became disillusioned with the Soviet form of communism and began to see Castro more as a dictator than a revolutionary leader. When he returned from his duties in Belgium, instead of being able to freely leave Cuba, Arcos was convicted and sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of being a counter-revolutionary. In 1981, after his release from his years of confinement, he attempted to escape from Cuba, for which he was sent back to prison. After his second release, Arcos decided that he could better serve the people of Cuba by staying and accepting the position of the Executive Secretary of the Cuban Committee for Human Rights. His committee rapidly grew from occupying a small office in Havana, to being a nationwide organization recognized by the United Nations. Gustavo Arcos died of natural causes on August 8, 2006, at 79 years of age.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/gustavo-arcos-a-loyal-revolutionary-who-was-with-castro-in-the-second/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_biography_gustavo-arcos-a-loyal-revolutionary-who_1429133.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_biography_gustavo-arcos-a-loyal-revolutionary-who_1429133.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_biography_gustavo-arcos-a-loyal-revolutionary-who_1429133.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Gustavo Arcos, a loyal revolutionary who was with Castro in the second car when they attacked the Moncada…” — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“On March 13, 1957, with guns blazing, they exited their vehicles and attacked the unwary guards at the Presidential Palace. Running, the attackers stormed into the dining room and then on to the offices on the lower level, only to find them empty. Since the elevator was up on the third floor of the building, the attackers were momentarily stymied. Although they had previously studied a floor plan of the palace, they became disoriented, perhaps from the intense fighting that had already claimed about ten of their number. An equal number or more of the president’s elite guards also lay dead on the presidential grounds. For a moment those attackers still alive had difficulty in locating the grand marble staircase to the second floor. Once they did, they were repelled by a hail of gunfire from the guardsmen, now fully aware of what was happening. When Carlos Menoyo was fatally hit on the stairs, Menelao Mora Morales took charge of the assault and managed to ascend to the top of the stairs, where he also was shot dead. About nine men made it to the second floor, but without leadership, they didn’t know where to go from there. Trapped on the second floor, they searched for a way out. The hapless, amateur warriors couldn’t retreat down the stairs where their leaders lay and where the shooting was still intense. Stuck, they didn’t know how to get up to the third floor or back down the staircase and out of the building. Batista was on the upper floor with his family, as the remaining attackers were now being methodically killed. To them the third floor could only be reached by elevator, which was effectively being kept in place at the top of the lift shaft, thus preventing the assault from reaching Batista and his family. Although some few managed to escape during the next few hours, thirty-five of the attackers were killed in and around the palace. A final count revealed that five of the palace guards were killed along with one tourist, who just happened to be there at the wrong time. Only three of the rebels managed to find a way out and escaped.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/on-march-13-1957-with-guns-blazing-they-exited-their-vehicles-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_cuban-history_on-march-13-1957-with-guns-blazing-they_2318454.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_cuban-history_on-march-13-1957-with-guns-blazing-they_2318454.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_cuban-history_on-march-13-1957-with-guns-blazing-they_2318454.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“On March 13, 1957, with guns blazing, they exited their vehicles and attacked the unwary guards at the…” — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As Fidel Castro’s M–26–7 forces increased their attacks, the Cuban army was forced to withdraw into the larger towns for safety. This caused ever-increasing pressure on Batista. The United States government stopped supplying the Batista régime with weapons and ammunition. In 1958, in spite of an all-out attack and heavy aerial bombings upon Castro’s guerrilla forces, known as “Operation Verano,” the rebels continued advancing. At that time Batista’s Army had 10,000 soldiers surrounding the Sierra Maestra Mountains and Castro had 300 men under his command, many of them former Batista soldiers who joined the rebels after being appalled by the abuses that they were ordered to carry out. By closing off the major roads and rail lines, Castro put Batista’s forces at a severe disadvantage. On January 1, 1959, with his pockets stuffed with money and an airplane full of art, Presidente Fulgencio Batista flew the coop. Flying to the Dominican Republic before continuing to Portugal some months later, he left Anselmo Alliegro Mila to serve as Acting President. The next day he was relieved and Carlos Manuel Piedra, who had served as the senior member of the Supreme Court, was appointed Provisional President for a day. It was in accordance with the 1940 Cuban constitution, but his appointment was opposed by the new leader, Fidel Castro…. Piedra was 92 years old when he died in 1988.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/as-fidel-castro-s-m-26-7-forces-increased-their-attacks-the-cuban/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_cuban-history_as-fidel-castro-s-m-26-7-forces-increase_1479045.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_cuban-history_as-fidel-castro-s-m-26-7-forces-increase_1479045.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_cuban-history_as-fidel-castro-s-m-26-7-forces-increase_1479045.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As Fidel Castro’s M–26–7 forces increased their attacks, the Cuban army was forced to withdraw into the…” — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“One of Castro’s first acts as Cuba’s Prime Minister was to go on a diplomatic tour that started on April 15, 1959. His first stop was the United States, where he met with Vice President Nixon, after having been snubbed by President Eisenhower, who thought it more important to go golfing than to encourage friendly relations with a neighboring country. It seemed that the U.S. Administration did not take the new Cuban Prime Minister seriously after he showed up dressed in revolutionary garb. Delegating his Vice President to meet the new Cuban leader was an obvious rebuff. However, what was worse was that an instant dislike developed between the two men, when Fidel Castro met Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon. This dislike was amplified when Nixon openly badgered Castro with anti-communistic rhetoric. Once again, Castro explained that he was not a Communist and that he was with the West in the Cold War. However, during this period following the McCarthy era, Nixon was not listening. During Castro’s tour to the United States, Canada and Latin America, everyone in Cuba listened intently to what he had to say. Fidel’s speeches, that were shown on Cuban television, were troubling to Raúl and he feared that his brother was deviating from Cuba’s path towards communism. Becoming concerned by Fidel’s candid remarks, Raúl conferred with his close friend “Che” Guevara, and finally called Fidel about how he was being perceived in Cuba. Following this conversation, Raúl flew to Texas where he met with his brother Fidel in Houston. Raúl informed him that the Cuban press saw his diplomacy as a concession to the United States. The two brothers argued openly at the airport and again later at the posh Houston Shamrock Hotel, where they stayed. With the pressure on Fidel to embrace Communism he reluctantly agreed…. In time he whole heartily accepted Communism as the philosophy for the Cuban Government.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/one-of-castro-s-first-acts-as-cuba-s-prime-minister-was-to-go-on-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_american-history_one-of-castro-s-first-acts-as-cuba-s-pri_2604269.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_american-history_one-of-castro-s-first-acts-as-cuba-s-pri_2604269.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_american-history_one-of-castro-s-first-acts-as-cuba-s-pri_2604269.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One of Castro’s first acts as Cuba’s Prime Minister was to go on a diplomatic tour that started on April 15…” — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Frank Fiorini, better known as Frank Sturgis, had an interesting career that started when he quit high school during his senior year to join the United States Marine Corps as an enlisted man. During World War II he served in the Pacific Theater of Operations with Edson’s Raiders, of the First Marine Raiders Battalion under Colonel “Red Mike.” In 1945 at the end of World War II, he received an honorable discharge and the following year joined the Norfolk, Virginia Police Department. Getting involved in an altercation with his sergeant, he resigned and found employment as the manager of the local Havana-Madrid Tavern, known to have had a clientele consisting primarily of Cuban seamen. In 1947 while still working at the tavern, he joined the U.S. Navy’s Flight Program. A year later, he received an honorable discharge and joined the U.S. Army as an Intelligence Officer. Again, in 1949, he received an honorable discharge, this time from the U.S. Army. Then in 1957, he moved to Miami where he met former Cuban President Carlos Prío, following which he joined a Cuban group opposing the Cuban dictator Batista. After this, Frank Sturgis went to Cuba and set up a training camp in the Sierra Maestra Mountains, teaching guerrilla warfare to Castro’s forces. He was appointed a Captain in Castro’s M 26 7 Brigade, and as such, he made use of some CIA connections that he apparently had cultivated, to supply Castro with weapons and ammunition. After they entered Havana as victors of the revolution, Sturgis was appointed to a high security, intelligence position within the reorganized Cuban air force. Strangely, Frank Sturgis returned to the United States after the Cuban Revolution, and mysteriously turned up as one of the Watergate burglars who were caught installing listening devices in the National Democratic Campaign offices. In 1973 Frank A. Sturgis, E. Howard Hunt, Eugenio R. Martínez, G. Gordon Liddy, Virgilio R. “Villo” González, Bernard L. Barker and James W. McCord, Jr. were convicted of conspiracy. While in prison, Sturgis feared for his life if anything he had done, regarding his associations and contacts, became public knowledge. In 1975, Sturgis admitted to being a spy, stating that he was involved in assassinations and plots to overthrow undisclosed foreign governments. However, at the Rockefeller Commission hearings in 1975, their concluding report stated that he was never a part of the CIA…. Go figure! In 1979, Sturgis surfaced in Angola where he trained and helped the rebels fight the Cuban-supported communists. Following this, he went to Honduras to train the Contras in their fight against the communist-supported Sandinista government. He also met with Yasser Arafat in Tunis, following which he was debriefed by the CIA. Furthermore, it is documented that he met and talked to the Venezuelan terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, or Carlos the Jackal, who is now serving a life sentence for murdering two French counter intelligence agents. On December 4, 1993, Sturgis suddenly died of lung cancer at the Veterans Hospital in Miami, Florida. He was buried in an unmarked grave south of Miami…. Or was he? In this murky underworld, anything is possible.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/frank-fiorini-better-known-as-frank-sturgis-had-an-interesting-career/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_air-force_frank-fiorini-better-known-as-frank-stur_1633683.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_air-force_frank-fiorini-better-known-as-frank-stur_1633683.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_air-force_frank-fiorini-better-known-as-frank-stur_1633683.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Frank Fiorini, better known as Frank Sturgis, had an interesting career that started when he quit high…” — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cuban-revolution/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cuban-revolution/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/", "name": "Cuban revolution Quotes by Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cuban-revolution/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34b/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_cuba_having-reviewed-president-trump-s-new-po_1781685.jpg" }, "description": "13 Cuban revolution quotes by Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba. 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