Eugène Edward Godfried Presilia (23 October 1952 – 29 March 2009) was a black

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-born

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and broadcaster. Educated in the

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, he earned a degree in social services and spoke many languages, including

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, and

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, which aided him as he interviewed foreign dignitaries. As a leader of the Action Committee for a Socialist Movement he participated in the Anti-Imperialist Organizations of the Caribbean and Central America collective in the 1980s. Godfried was the director of the Caribbean desk at

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and also contributed to

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, and

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. Godfried died in

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, at the age of 56, on 29 March 2009, following a stroke on 21 March.

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Eugène Godfried
(AfroCubaWeb) 1952 births 2009 deaths Cuban journalists Male journalists Dutch people of Curaçao descent Dutch socialists Papiamento-speaking people People from Willemstad 20th-century Dutch journalists {{Curaçao-bio-stub