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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 13 > Cubans mourn colleague of Castro

Cubans mourn colleague of Castro

Juan Almeida Bosque a leader in ’59 takeover

By Paul Haven / The Bulletin
September 13, 2009

HAVANA — The death of Juan Almeida Bosque, a vice president who was one of the last giants of Cuba’s 1959 revolution, plunged the island into mourning Saturday and was a stark reminder of the mortality of all of Cuba’s aging leaders — including brothers Raul and Fidel Castro.

He was the first of....

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