Roberto Alonso

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Roberto Alonso has been an anti-Castro activist in Florida, United States where he lives most of the time. He also owns a ranch in La Mata, Baruta, in Venezuela near the capital Caracas. On May 9, 2004 the political police of Venezuela (DISIP) announced the capture of 55 Colombians accused of being paramilitaries on Alonso's ranch. After this announcement, he secretly moved out of Venezuela to the US, where he is currently awaiting a petition of extradition made by the Venezuelan government.

[edit] Biography

Roberto "Robert" Alonso was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba, on August 23rd 1950. He arrived in Venezuela in 1961 as a political refugee with his family, including his sister María Conchita Alonso, now a Hollywood movie star and his brother Ricardo, a prominent lawyer in Caracas.

Alonso has been an anti-Castro activist since 1972 and a journalist since 1980. He has written 5 books: "Los Generales de Castro", "Memorias de Cienfuegos", "Alertas", "Los Evangélicos" and "Regresando del Mar de la Felicidad". “Que la Bête Meure”, a novel written by Gerard de Villiers was inspired on the “Paramilitaries Affair”, related to Alonso and his farm, Daktari.

He is considered the father of “La Guarimba”, an uprising technique designed by him to overthrow Hugo Chavez. “La Guarimba” was enforced in Venezuela between the 27th of February and the 6th of March, 2004, some Venezuelans attended his call blocking the streets and paralyzing the country with burning garbage and tires. Alonso is against any negotiation with the Venezuelan authorities and promotes deposing the government by means of civil disobedience.

According to the Venezuelan regime, Alonso is a Cuban traitor, a terrorist who joined the CIA in 1972 and has a long criminal record, including the participation in the Cuban airplane explosion in Barbados in the year 1976. In February 2004, some Venezuelan attended the opposition’s call to start a ¨Guarimba¨, Alonso was accused of being the instigator, and guilty for the injured and even casualties occurred during this protests.