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José Ramón Fernández
José Ramón Fernández (1923–2019)– Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba: vice president of the executive committee of the Council of Ministers; minister of education; deputy to the National Assembly; president of the Cuban Olympic Committee. In April 1961, Fernández was the field commander at Playa...
José Ramón Fernández (1923–2019)– Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba: vice president of the executive committee of the Council of Ministers; minister of education; deputy to the National Assembly; president of the Cuban Olympic Committee.
In April 1961, Fernández was the field commander at Playa Girón, where the popular militias and Revolutionary Armed Forces defeated the US-organized Bay of Pigs invasion force. His writings include:
Playa Girón/Bay of Pigs: 1961, Washington's First Military Defeat in the Americas (2001, contributor)
Making History: Interviews with Four Generals of Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces (1999, contributor)