Alcibiades Hidalgo

Alcibíades Hidalgo Basulto (born 1946?)[1] was one of Raúl Castro's Chief of Staffs 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 was recalled to Havana and sacked from his post.[2] In 2002, Hidalgo boarded a home-made raft and defected to Miami.[1] He has 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."[2]

An anti-American -for most of his adult life- Cuban intellectual, 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).

References

  1. 1 2 Rennie, David (August 14, 2002). "Cuban communism 'will die with Castro'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Huye a Miami Alcibíades Hidalgo, ex embajador de Cuba 2002
Preceded by
Ricardo Alarcón		 Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations
1992 - 1993		 Succeeded by
Fernando Remìrez de Estenoz-Barciela


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