Ramiro Valdés, near the brothers Fidel et Raul Castroand founding father of the Cuban intelligence companies, died on the age of 94, the president of CubaMiguel Diaz-Canel.
“The bodily disappearance of the commander of the Revolution, Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, saddens us deeply, like that of a father,” the pinnacle of state wrote on X.
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“Each second of Commander Ramiro’s life was marked by his absolute loyalty to the federal government of Fidel and Raul, in addition to to his fellow fighters,” added Miguel Diaz-Canel.
Ramiro Valdés was one of many few in Cuba to have the title of Commander of the Revolution.
He’s with the previous chief Raúl Castro, who has simply celebrated his ninety fifth birthday, one of many final survivors of the yacht expedition Granma December 2, 1956, the place to begin of the Cuban revolution.
Throughout the guerrilla struggle in opposition to dictator Fulgencio Batista led by Fidel Castro (1926-2016), he served as deputy to Argentine revolutionary chief Che Guevara.
His final public look was final yr.
Member of the Cuban Communist Get together (PCC, sole) and its Political Bureau, he was Minister of the Inside and created the well-known G2, State Safety (intelligence companies of the island).
At all times carrying his navy uniform in his public appearances, Ramiro Valdés devoted the final years of his life to supporting the primary non-Castro Cuban president because the revolution, Miguel Diaz-Canel, who got here to energy in 2018.
The person who had the honorary title of Hero of the Republic of Cuba had not been seen in public since final yr.
