[142857] Magic Number / Book Presentation / "COLD WAR IN THE CONGO" by Frank Villafaña / Cortesia de Miguel uría

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The Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies

Invites you to the presentation of the book 

"COLD WAR IN THE CONGO"

The Confrontation of Cuban Military Forces, 1960-1967

by

Frank R. Villafaña

 

 

Dr. Villafaña explores reasons for Castro's involvement in Congo.  He considers whether Castro was operating with a master plan, of which Africa was a key.  He discusses why Castro chose Che Guevara to head the ill-fated military expedition, and contemplates why the United States allowed Castro to freely export his revolution and why it used Cuban exiles to prevent the mineral riches of  Congo from falling into the hands of international communism.

 

 

INTRODUCTION:               Armando Gonzalez is a professional engineer who, for over thirty years led the engineering functions of The Miami Herald Publishing Co. He owns an engineering consulting company that specializes in the design and modernization of newspapers in Latin America and Spain.  For over 25 years, Mr. Gonzalez has been associated with the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain as an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Communication. He has also been a Visiting Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Chile, the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Mejico, and the Universidad de la Laguna in Tenerife, Canary Islands. Upon his retirement, Mr. Gonzalez made a successful transition to the opinion pages of El Nuevo Herald for which he writes a regular opinion column. 

 

AUTHOR:                              Frank Villafaña, was born in Havana, Cuba.  In 1960 he left Cuba and went to the University of Alabama where he graduated with a B.S. and an M.S. in engineering.  He worked with Ethyl Corporation from 1968 to 1984, and while living in Belgium he became interested in the Congo.  From 1984 to 1999 Dr. Villafaña worked with Avery Dennison Corporation in the U.S. and the Netherlands.  He attended Cleveland State University, where he earned a doctorate of engineering degree in 1990.  Dr. Villafaña spent nine years after retirement traveling and conducting research on Cubans in Congo.

 

 

DATE:                                    Thursday October 1, 2009 at 7 p.m.

 

 

WHERE:                                Casa Bacardi, University of Miami, 

                                                1531 Brescia Avenue, Coral Gables                                            

 

 

RSVP:                                     The Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies

(305) 284-CUBA (2822).  Seating capacity limited. Reservations requested.
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