by Nancy Stout
Bofill, Raysa, and Ariel Bofill. Author’s interview, Havana, 28 August 1999.
Caignet, Maria Victoria, and Gonzalo Cordova. Author’s interview, Havana, 14 March 2000.
Castellanas, Nene. Author’s phone interview, Havana, 24 March 2008.
Castro, Elsa, and Carmen Vásquez. Author’s interview, Havana, 27 August 1999.
Castro, Elsa. Author’s interviews, Havana, 4 February 2000; 26 February 2000; 22 March 2008; 25 March 2008.
Castro, Mariela. Author’s interview, Havana, 9 January 2007.
Corrales, Raúl. Author’s interviews, Cojimar, 11 March 1996;26 February 1997; 8 March 1998; 5 September 1999; 22 March 2000.
Coyula, Mario. Author’s interview, Havana, 17 March 2008.
Cruz, Soledad. Author’s interview, Havana, 22 December 2005.
De la Rosa, Oscar. Author’s interview, Havana, 5 March 1998.
Escalona, Dermidio (Comandante). Author’s interview, Havana, 7 March 2000.
Escalona Ramírez, Ana Irma. Author’s interviews, Havana, 9 February 2000; 1 April 2000; 5 May 2000; 4 July 2000.
Fernández, Eliseo. Author’s interview, Campechuela, 23 April 1999.
Fernández, Pablo Armando. Author’s interview, Havana, 10 April 2000.
Fernández, Roberto. Author’s interview, Havana, 24 February 2000.
Fernández Gonzalvo, Argelia. Author’s interview, Havana, 24 March 2008.
Fernández Soriano, Elbia. Author’s interview, Havana, 18 December 2006.
Figueroa, Maria Antonia. Author’s interviews, Havana, 9 March 2000; 18 May 2000; 18 June 2000.
García Reyes, Antonio Luis. Author’s interview, Havana, 4 January 2007.
García Sosa, Elicier Ángel. Author’s interview, Campechuela. 23 April 1999.
Girona, Inez. Author’s interview, Havana, 20 January 2000.
Girona, Inez, and Celia Girona. Author’s interview, Havana, 9 April 1998.
Girona, Inez, and Julio Girona. Author’s interview, Havana, 5 February 2000.
Girona, Celia. Author’s interviews, Havana, 5 February 2000; 9 February 2000.
Girona, Julio. Author’s interviews, Havana, 30 January 2000; 13 February 2000.
Girona, Mario, and Dolly Gómez. Author’s interviews, Havana, 8 April 1998; 15 May 2000.
Gómez Ochoa, Delio (Comandante). Author’s interviews, Havana, 3 March 2000; 24 March 2000; 25 March 2000; 10 April 2000.
González Arzuaga, Ernestina, and Pedro Ugando. Author’s interview, Havana, 16 February 2000.
Guerra Matos, Felipe. Author’s interviews, Havana, 9 March 2000; 3 April 2000; 3 May 2000; 5 May 2000; 3 June 2000; 4 July 2000; (phone) 24 March 2008.
Hernández Garcini, Otto. Author’s interview, Havana, 3 January 2006.
Iglesias, Carlos “Nicaragua.” Author’s interview, Havana, 7 June 2000; phone interview, Havana, 24 March 2008.
Lamarou, Teresa. Author’s interviews, Havana, 2 January 2007; 8 January 2007.
Larramendi Rhodes, Dalina. Author’s interview, Havana, 1 September 1999.
Larramendi Rhodes, Marilena. Author’s interview, Havana, 19 August 1999.
Llópiz, Berta. Author’s interview, Havana, 11 June 2000.
Longa, Rita. Author’s interview, Havana, 11 April 1998.
Martín, Marilena. Author’s interview, Havana, 11 March 1996.
Martínez, Ricardo. Author’s interview, Havana, 12 March 2000.
McManus, Jane, and Bill Brent. Author’s interview, Havana, January 2000.
Montero, Elsa. Author’s interview, Havana, 29 May 2000.
Novo, Migdalia. Author’s interview, Havana, 8 January 2007.
Orozco González, Delio. Author’s interview, Manzanillo, 19 April 1999.
Otazo Sánchez, Alicia. Author’s interviews, Havana, 21 December 2006; 28 December 2006; 24 March 2008.
Pacheco, René. Author’s interviews, Havana, 14 January 2000; 20 April 2000.
Palomares, Eugenia. Author’s interviews, Havana, 29 December 2005; 27 December 2006; 2 January 2007.
Pantaleón Fundora, Juan. Author’s interview, Havana, 24 March 2000.
Puebla, Tete. Author’s interview, Havana, 8 January 2007.
Quevado Pérez, José. Author’s interview, Havana, 1 April 2000.
Ramos, Pablo. Author’s interview, Havana, 3 September 1999.
Reiners, Gerardo, and Marisela Reiners. Author’s interview, Havana, 18 February 2000.
Reiners, Marisela. Author’s interview, Havana, 27 February 2000.
Robaina, Tomás. Author’s interview, Havana, 20 March 2008.
Rodríguez Téllez, Eloy. Author’s interview, Havana, 17 March 2008.
Rojas, Marta. Author’s interview, Havana, 27 December 2006.
Sánchez, Eduardo. Author’s interview, Havana, 2 January 2007.
Sánchez Manduley, Chela, and Pedro Álvarez. Author’s interview, Miami, 7 July 2000.
Sánchez Manduley, Flávia. Author’s interviews, Havana, 12 April 1998; 30 August 1999; 1 September 1999; 6 September 1999; 7 September 1999; 5 May 2000; 28 May 2000; 4 June 2000; correspondence, 18 October 2000.
Sánchez, Sergio. Author’s phone interview, Havana, 26 May 2000.
Sánchez, Sergio, and Pepín Sánchez. Author’s interview, Havana, 21 December 2006.
Sarabia, Nydia. Author’s interview, Havana, 18 June 2000.
Vásquez Ocaña, Carmen. Author’s interviews, Havana, 18 January 2000; 8 February 2000; 9 February 2000.
Vilias, Lisette. Author’s interview, Havana, 10 January 2000. Villegas Oria, Lucila. Author’s interview, Havana, 11 January 2007.
SELECTED DOCUMENTS IN THE OFFICE OF HISTORICAL AFFAIRS ARCHIVES
Acosta Ferrales, Clodomira, and Lydia Doce [Biographical Materials]. Comisión de Historia, Regional Guanabacoa, 1970.
Asensio Duque de Heredia, Oscar. Frank and 30th of November, Testimony [n.d.].
Castro, Fidel. Letter to Celia Sánchez, 15 June 1957.
———. Letter to Celia Sánchez, July 1957.
———. Letter to Celia Sánchez, 1 August 1957.
———. Letter to Celia Sánchez. 11 August 1957.
———. Letter to Celia Sánchez. 14 August 1957.
Fajardo, Manuel. Testimony regarding landing of the Granma [n.d].
Frank: Testimonies about Frank. Enzo Infante, Luis Clerge, Gloria Cuadras, María Antonia Figueroa, René Ramos Latour. File of documents.
Guevara, Ernesto (Che). Lydia [n.d].
Mendoza Reboredo, Jorge Enrique. Obituary, Granma, 26 February 1994, p. 1.
País, Frank. Letter to Fidel Castro, 5 July 1957. Presencia de Lidia Doce. Booklet, 1974.
Sánchez, Celia. Letter to Arturo Duque Estrada [n.d.].
———. Letter to Elsa Casto, Manzanillo [n.d.].
———. Letter to Noelia [n.d.].
———. Letter to Dr. Manuel Sánchez Silveira, 19 September 1955.
———. Letter to nieces Alicia and Elena Otazo Sánchez, 10 May 1956.
———. Letter to Fidel Castro, 7 July 1957.
———. Letter to Fidel Castro, 9 July 1957.
———. Letter to Fidel Castro, 11 July 1957.
———. Letter to Fidel Castro, 16 July 1957.
———. Letter to Frank País, incomplete, n.d., ca. 16 July 1957.
———. Letter to Haydée Santamaria, 31 July 1957.
———. Letter to Haydée Santamaria, 2 August 1957.
———. Letter to Dr. Manuel Sánchez Silviera, 5 September 1957.
———. Letter to Fidel Castro, October 1957.
Index
Page numbers in italics refer to photos, maps, and their captions.
Acosta, Estaban, 261
Acosta Ferrales, Clodomira (Clodo), 11
Celia and, 273
death of, 311–12
as Fidel’s courier, 261, 261–63, 265, 267
in Havana, 310–11
visits Manuel Sánchez, 282
Agramonte, Roberto, 98–99
Agrarian Reform Law, 347, 371
Alarcon, Juventino, 222
Alegria de Pio (Cuba), 117, 124
Allende, Salvador, 398
Almeida, Juan, 117, 123, 138, 181
during Bay of Pigs invasion, 371
at Celia’s funeral, 437
at fiftieth anniversary celebration, 124
in Havana, 326
in Las Vegas battle, 282
leaves Havana, 330
at Matthews interview with Fidel, 149
meets Celia, 144
photographs of, 178, 263, 298
in Sierra Maestra, 267
at United Nations, 365
at Uvero battle, 186–88
Aloma, Antonio, 95, 96
Alonso, Cruz, 47
Álvarez, Chela Sánchez (Graciela) (sister), 29, 30, 35, 37, 183, 439
death of son of, 385–88
emigrates to Florida, 383–85
not at father’s funeral, 286–88
photographs of, 128
returns to Manzanillo, 351
on Revolutionary government, 389–90
Álvarez, Guillermo (William; nephew), 385–88, 390
Alvarez, Manuel Enrique (Kiki; nephew), 389
Álvárez, Pedro (brother-in-law), 34–35, 38, 157
death of son of, 385–88
emigrates to Florida, 383–85
not at Manuel Sánchez’s funeral, 286–88
returns to Manzanillo, 351
on Revolutionary government, 389–90
Alvarez, Ramon, 89, 93
Álvarez, Santiago, 118, 437
Álvarez Sánchez, Jorge (nephew), 339, 387–89
Álvárez Tabío, Pedro, 119, 121, 172
on archives collected by Celia, 332–33, 381
on Celia’s nom de guerre, 204
on Comandancia, 296
on Communist Party documents, 391
on Frank Fiorini (Sturgis), 279
on Franqui, 404
on Guillermo García, 58
on Crescencio Pérez, 65
American Society of Newspaper Editors, 333, 334
Amerijerias, Efigénio, 138, 223
Anderson, Jon Lee, 181
Angola, 419–21, 420
Arab Spring, 13
Arafat, Yasser, 424
Arango, Sánchez, 98
Arcimedes (adopted son), 408
Areces, Alberto, 183
Areviches, Marcial, 121
Argibay, Pepito José, 351
Artime, Pepín, 38
artists, 401–2, 403
assassinations, 199–200
Authentic Party, 185, 201
Babiel, Nelsy, 382, 411–12
Balaguer, José R., 192
Barnet, Miguel, 331–32, 403–5
Batista, Fulgencio, 32
assassination attempt against, 172
Bofill and, 285
coup by, 33, 99
in election of 1954, 101
flees Cuba, 316
Kennedy on, 370
“Los Puros” mutiny against, 69, 70
on Matthews interview with Fidel, 160
Bayo, Alberto, 73, 231
Bay of Pigs invasion, 371–73
return of prisoners from, 383
Semana de Girón holilday to commemorate, 414
Bedoya, Sonya, 353–54
Benitez, Reynaldo, 117
Betto, Frei, 371
Blanco (sergeant), 309
Bofill, Mariano, 284–85
Bofill, Raysa, 377, 411, 429
Boix, Pepe, 255–57
Brezhnev, Leonid, 359
Buehlman, Victor, 180
Bueno Rousseau, Susette, 91
Caignet, Maria Victoria, 342, 356–60, 363, 426–27
Calvino (policeman), 311–12
Cambra, Álvarez, 376–77
Canizares, José Salas, 206, 208, 255, 258
Cantillo, Eulogio, 316
Carbonella, Emilio, 95
Carratala (policeman), 311
Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 366
Castaneda, Jorge, 352, 373
Castellanas, Nene (cousin), 37–39
Castellanos, Baulilo, 71, 88
Castillo, Yayo, 222
Castro, Elsa, 83, 159, 179–80, 204, 230
archives work of, 381
Celia aided by, 168–69, 193–94
Celia’s clothes and, 115
Moran and, 196, 199
photograph of, 131
in Sánchez’s support network, 129–32
supplies moved by, 79
visits Manuel Sánchez, 282
Castro, Fidel: Acosta Ferrales, courier for, 261, 261–63, 265, 267
in Alegria de Pio, 117
on Chela and Pedro Álvarez, 385
in Angola, 419
in archives, 382
arrives in Cuba, 102–3, 106–9
assassination attempts against, 197, 198, 279, 387
in battle with Quevedo, 288–94
during Bay of Pigs invasion, 371–73
Celia as second-in-command under, 270–71, 275–76
Celia’s criticisms of, 202–4
on Celia’s death, 434, 436
at Celia’s funeral, 115, 437, 438
during Celia’s lung cancer, 423
Celia takes care of, 247–48
children in household of, 391–93, 406–11, 416, 417
cigars of, 399–401
Comandancia headquarters of, 268–69, 295–303, 298
Coppelia Ice Cream Parlor project and, 394–96
Cossío and, 329
dental problems of, 236
in dispute between Sotus and Ché, 169–70
en route to Cuba from Mexico, 82–87, 90–94, 97, 102
at fiftieth anniversary celebration, 125
following death of País, 218–20
as godfather to children, 251
on governing free zones, 260
Eutimio Guerra and, 151
at Guisa battle, 314
gun conversation of, 124
in Havana, 325–31
home life of, 339, 342, 343
during Las Vegas battle, 279–82
letters between Celia and, 236–41
Matthews interview with, 140–42, 147–49, 160
at meeting of directors, 274
meets Celia, 143–46, 145
meets Chibás and Pazos, 201–2
in Mexico, 81–82
mother of, 230–31
at National Federation of Cuban Women, 357
at official receptions, 359–60
in Orthodox Party, 99
País and, 206
on País’s death, 216, 217
in Palma Soriano, 315
Eugenia Palomares raised by, 246, 247, 376, 377
on Eugenia Palomares’s house, 439
Eugenia Palomares’s wedding and, 431, 432
personal life of, 354–55
personal security for, 307, 352–54, 378
