Crusade to Free Cuba Committee
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The Crusade to Free Cuba Committee was founded in December 1961 by anti-Castro Cuban exile
Sergio Arcacha Smith to raise funds and support for the CIA-backed Cuban Revolutionary Council
, a group formerly known as the Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front
.
Cuban exile
The term "Cuban exile" refers to the many Cubans who have sought alternative political or economic conditions outside the island, dating back to the Ten Years' War and the struggle for Cuban independence during the 19th century...
Sergio Arcacha Smith to raise funds and support for the CIA-backed Cuban Revolutionary Council
Cuban Revolutionary Council
The Cuban Revolutionary Council was a group formed, with CIA assistance, three weeks before the April 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion to "coordinate and direct" the activities of another group known as the Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front. Both groups were composed of Cuban exiles dedicated to...
, a group formerly known as the Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front
Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front
The Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front was founded in May 1960 by anti-Castro Cuban exiles and was initially headquartered in Mexico. It was known in Spanish as the Frente Revolucionario Democratico and was composed of five major anti-Castro groups...
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