Melba Hernández
Melba Hernandez | |
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Las Villas | |
Died | 9 March 2014 Havana, Cuba | (aged 92)
Nationality | Cuban |
Occupation(s) | politician and diplomat |
Melba Hernández Rodríguez del Rey (28 July 1921 – 9 March 2014) was a Cuban politician and diplomat. She served as the Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam and to Cambodia.[1]
Life
Born in
She had been a Deputy in the
She was married to Jesús Montané Oropesa, a top aide to Fidel Castro, until his death in 1999.
She died of complications from diabetes on 9 March 2014.[5]
Cuban Revolution
Melba Hernandez was an active member of the Cuban revolution. She was one of the best-known women that fought alongside Fidel Castro in the Cuban Revolutionary war against Fulgencio Batista. Melba met Fidel in 1952 after going to a demonstration at a grave of a worker who was killed by Batista’s thugs, there she met Abel Santamaría who later introduced them.[6] Melba was involved with an underground organization led by Fidel Castro before the July 26th attack[7] and joined the revolution because she was attracted to the insurrection against President Fulgencio Batista.[8] She later became one of the four staff members of Fidel Castro.
26 of July Movement
Melba Hernandez was one of the women who participated in the
Melba and Haydée were sentenced to the National Prison for Women, in Guanajay
After the Cuban Revolution
Melba Hernandez took a role in the new government run by Fidel Castro. She became the head of the Cuban Committee in Solidarity with Vietnam in the 1960s to 1970s. She was the ambassador to Vietnam and Cambodia in the 1980s. She was the vice president of the Anti-Imperialist Tribunal of Our America, the secretary general of Organization in Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa, and Latin America (OSPAAL), director of the Communist Party's Center for Asian Studios, and deputy in Cuba's National Assembly between 1976 and 1986 and was re-elected in 1993.[6]
References
- ^ Melba Hernández Rodríguez del Rey Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d "Melba Hernández Rodríguez del Rey". Cubanos Famosos (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ de la Cova, Antonio, "The Moncada Attack: Birth of the Cuban Revolution". University of South Carolina Press, 2007, p. 34
- ^ Martin, Douglas (16 March 2014). "Melba Hernandez, 92, confident of Castro, from first volley, is dead". New York Times.
- ^ Rodriguez, Andrea (10 March 2014). "Melba Hernandez, a 'heroine of the Cuban Revolution,' dies at 92". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ a b "The Militant - March 31, 2014 -- Melba Hernández: Combatant and leader of Cuban Revolution". www.themilitant.com. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "Haydée and Melba: The Women of Moncada". en.granma.cu. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "Melba Hernandez | Cuban revolutionary". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Melba Hernandez | Cuban revolutionary". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ a b c Shaffer, Alysia. "What Women Want: Emancipation, Cuban Women, and the New Man Ideology".
- JSTOR 41800548.
- ^ a b ivetteromero (11 March 2014). "Melba Hernández, Leading Figure of the Cuban Revolution, Dies". Repeating Islands. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- JSTOR 24487878.
- ^ "Melba Hernandez, a 'heroine of the Cuban Revolution,' dies at 92". Washington Post. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Staff, Liberation. "Cuban heroine of Moncada, Melba Hernández dies – Liberation News". Retrieved 22 November 2021.
Sources
- Deltona Beach Morning Journal; Plead In; 30 September 1953
- PBS; American Experience | Fidel Castro | People & Events; 21 December 2004