Alcibiades Hidalgo

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Alcibiades Hidalgo Basulto (born in 1946) was Raúl Castro's Chief of Staff for twelve years and also served as Deputy Foreign Minister. Later he served as Cuba's ambassador to the United Nations (1992-1994) replacing Ricardo Alarcón. He defected to the United States in 2002 and claimed that "virtually every member of Castro's UN mission is an intelligence agent." "Cuba is, pure and simple, a dictatorship each day more devoid of the attributes that once made it attractive."

Mr. Hidalgo graduated from the University of Havana with a degree in journalism. He was editor-in-chief of the Cuban newspaper Trabajadores. He is divorced and has a daughter, Carolina (b 1991).

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Preceded by
Ricardo Alarcón
Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations
1992 - 1994
Succeeded by
Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla