WHY CUBA MATTERS, A NEW BOOK BY ONE OF OUR MEMBERS

Why Cuba Matters: New Threats in America’s Backyards, by Néstor T. Carbonell, was recently published by Archway Publishing.  Its author was born and raised in Havana, Cuba.  He comes from a prominent Cuban family that lefts its imprints on the island’s wars of independence and on the foundation and development of the republic.  He earned law degrees from the University of Villanueva in Havana and Harvard.  Forced into exile in June 1960, he played an important role in the anti-Castro movement’s resistance and diplomatic fronts.  He joined PepsiCo in 1967 as counsel, retiring in 2008 as a corporate vice president in charge of international government and public affairs.  He is a member and the Council on Foreign Relations and was recently elected as an academician by Academia de la Historia de Cuba en el Exilio, Corp.  He is also the author of several books, among them And the Russians Stayed: The Sovietization of Cuba and Los grandes debates de la constituyente cubana de 1940.

In this book, as an eyewitness to Fidel Castro’s rise to power in Cuba and other key episodes, Dr. Carbonell sheds new light on how the ruler and his allies deceived and subjugated Cuban people and defied twelve U.S. presidents.

The author draws on declassified documents and reliable unpublished testimonies, as well as personal experiences, to delve into the Communist takeover of Cuba, which he denounced while on the island.  He ponders the causes and consequences of the botched Bay of Pigs operation, which he joined as a refugee.

From the battle to expel the Castro regime from the Organization of American states, which Carbonell helped to achieve, to the Congressional Joint Resolution on Cuba, which he tenaciously pursued; from the looming Missile Crises, which the author persistently flagged, to the myriad subversive activities he warned against and condemned, Néstor T. Carbonell debunks the myths and fallacies surrounding the longest-running subversive tyranny in modern times.

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