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3 unusual facts about Communist Party of Cuba


Joseph Vandor

When the school opened, Joseph Vandor was appointed rector, a post he held until 1961, when came to power Communism and schools passed into the hands of the Minister for Education.

Juan Valdés Figueroa

Valdés previously worked in the International Relations Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.

Marcelino Miyares Sotolongo

Marcelino Miyares Sotolongo is a Cuban-American marketing executive and the current President of the Christian Democratic Party of Cuba, the largest political party in Cuba other than the Communist Party of Cuba.


Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt

Persecuted by the Communist regime of Fidel Castro, the Primate took refuge in the Argentine embassy and the Cuban nunciature from 1961 to 1962, when he was hospitalized at San Juan de Dios Hospital in Havana.

Yugoslav Left

As for international cooperation, JUL has visited the gatherings of several left-wing political groups in Europe and worldwide, including ties with the Communist Party of China, Communist Party of Cuba and the Workers' Party of Korea.


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