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Twenty Years in Prison Recounts Cuban Revolution Bond
After meeting Fidel Castro on March 30 1958 Huber Matos recalls flying five tons of arms to the Sierra Maestra and forging a close bond born of shared hardship. He later faced persecution including 16 years in solitary confinement and a 20 year prison sentence before coming to the United States.
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Castro
Washington
Huber Matos
Fidel Castro
Matos
Costa Rica
Cuba
Sierra Maestra
Afl-Cio
Soviet Union
Rip van Winkle
Rocky Graziano
Graziano
Camaguey
Jose Luis Diaz Sanz
United States
Havana
Labor Movement
George Meany