Enrique Emilio Ros y Pérez (1924 – April 10, 2013) was a

Cuban-American Cuban Americans ( es, cubanoestadounidenses or ''cubanoamericanos'') are Americans who trace their cultural heritage to Cuba regardless of phenotype or ethnic origin. The word may refer to someone born in the United States of Cuban descent or ...

businessman, author, and activist opposed to Cuban president Fidel Castro.

Early life

Enrique Ros was born in 1924 in

Cienfuegos, Cuba Cienfuegos (), capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. It is located about from Havana and has a population of 150,000. Since the late 1960s, Cienfuegos has become one of Cuba's main industrial centers, especial ...

Career

Ros hosted radio shows on U.S. government station

Radio y Televisión Martí Radio Televisión Martí is an American state-run radio and television international broadcaster based in Miami, Florida, financed by the federal government of the United States through the U.S. Agency for Global Media (formerly Broadcasting Boar ...

, which broadcasts exclusively to Cuba. He was a strong advocate of retaining the

United States embargo against Cuba The United States embargo against Cuba prevents American businesses, and businesses organized under U.S. law or majority-owned by American citizens, from conducting trade with Cuban interests. It is the most enduring trade embargo in modern his ...

. He was the author of ''Revolucion de 1933 en Cuba''.

Personal life

Ros was married to Amanda Adato (1926–2011) and they had two children, Enrique Jr. "Henry" and retired U.S. Representative

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (; born Ileana Carmen Ros y Adato, July 15, 1952) is a politician and lobbyist from Miami, Florida, who represented from 1989 to 2019. By the end of her tenure, she was the most senior U.S. Representative from Florida. She ...

, and four grandchildren: Jennifer and Katherine Ros, and Patricia and Rodrigo Lehtinen.

Death

Ros died on April 10, 2013, in a

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hospital from respiratory complications. He was 89.

Books by Enrique Ros

*Ros, Enrique 2006 El clandestinaje y la lucha armada contra castro/ The clandestinity and the armed fight against Castro (Cuba y sus Jueces) Ediciones Universal, Miami *Ros, Enrique 2005 Revolucion de 1933 en Cuba Ediciones Universal, Miami *Ros, Enrique 2003 Fidel Castro y El Gatillo Alegre: Sus Años Universitarios (Coleccion Cuba y Sus Jueces) Miami *Ros, Enrique 2002 Ernesto Che Guevara: mito y realidad. Ediciones Universal, Miami. *Ros, Enrique 1999 Aventura Africana De Fidel Castro (Coleccion Cuba y Sus Jueces) Miami *Ros, Enrique 1998 Cubanos Combatiente: Peleando En Distingidos Frentes (Coleccion Cuba y Sus Jueces) Miami *Ros, Enrique 1996 Años Criticos: Del Camino De La Accion Al Camino Del Entendimiento (Coleccion Cuba Y Sus Jueces) Miami *Ros, Enrique 1995 De Giron a La Crisis De Los Cohetes: La Segunda Derrota (Coleccion Cuba Y Sus Jueces) Miami *Ros, Enrique and Orlando Bosch 1994 Giron la verdadera historia (Coleccion Cuba y sus jueces) Miami

References

1924 births 2013 deaths Cuban emigrants to the United States American people of Spanish descent People from Cienfuegos Cuban anti-communists 20th-century Cuban people 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century Cuban writers 21st-century American businesspeople American anti-communists Activists from Florida {{US-activist-stub