Carlos Prío de Socarrás, Vilma Espín and Carlos Franqui

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Description

Title
Carlos Prío de Socarrás, Vilma Espín and Carlos Franqui
Creator
From the Collection: St. George, Andrew, 1924-2001
Published / Created
Circa 1959-1960
Description
There is a close up image of Carlos Prío de Socarrás, former President of Cuba who was deposed by Batista’s March 1952 coup. Prío provided money for Fidel to mount his expedition to Cuba in 1956 from Mexico aboard the yacht Granma. Prío later returned twice in 1959 and 1960 to show his support for the regime. He later broke with the Revolution and died by suicide in Miami in 1973. A second picture depicts Carlos Franqui (with moustache), editor of Revolución, the organ of the 26th of July Movement as of January 1959 that later became the government’s official newspaper, with unknown man at his side. A third photograph depicts Vilma Espín as she is giving a speech at a conference in Mexico City. The photograph includes a caption by St. George on the verso: “STANDING APPLAUSE FROM ELITE LEADERS OF LATIN AMERICAN LEFT interrupts speech by Vilma Espín at Inter-American Anti-Imperialist Congress, a Communist-front rally she had helped organize in Mexico City. Standing at table, l—r, are Olga Poblete of Chile, Stalin-prize winner, author and top Chilean feminist leader; the Soviet Chief Delegate, Ambassador Vladimir M. Krimenko; Former President Lázaro Cárdenas of Mexico; General Felipe Yara, a famous revolutionary leader.”
Provenance
Purchased from Jean Szentgyorgyi by the Latin American Curator, June 2009; transferred from the Latin American Curator to Manuscripts and Archives, 2012.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been partially digitized.
Language
English

Item Location

Repository
Manuscripts and Archives
Call Number
MS 1912
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Container / Volume
Box 43, folder 19

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Citation
Andrew St. George Papers (MS 1912). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
9060277
Object ID (OID)
10021185

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