Enrique Ros

Enrique Ros
Born 1924
Cienfuegos, Cuba
Died April 10, 2013
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Occupation Businessman, activist
Spouse(s) Amanda Adato
Children Enrique Ros, Jr.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Enrique Ros (born Enrique Emilio Ros y Pérez; 1924 – April 10, 2013) was a Miami based Cuban-American businessman and activist opposed to Cuban president Fidel Castro.[1]

Early life

Enrique Ros was born in 1924 in Cienfuegos, Cuba.

Career

Ros hosted radio shows on U.S. government station Radio Marti which broadcasts exclusively to Cuba. He was a strong advocate of retaining the United States embargo against Cuba. He was the author of Revolucion de 1933 en Cuba and other books.

Personal life

Ros was married to Amanda Adato (1926-2011) and they had two children Enrique Jr. "Henry" and U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen,[2] and four grandchildren: Jennifer and Katherine Ros, and Patricia and Rodrigo Lehtinen. He is also related to another Enrique Ros, who was one of officers in Cuba's elite marksman squad at the Hotel National in 1933 which held off the mutiny of the enlisted ranks led by Batista and others for several days.

Death

Ros died on April 10, 2013 in a South Miami, Florida hospital from respiratory complications. He was 89.[3]

Books by Enrique Ros

References

  1. Pedraza, Silvia (2007). Political disaffection in Cuba's revolution and exodus. Cambridge University Press. pp. 97–. ISBN 978-0-521-68729-4. Retrieved 7 May 2011.


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