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Faure Chomón Mediavilla (15 January 1929 – 5 December 2019) was a Cuban historian and politician. He was one of the founding members and leaders of the
Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil ( abbreviation: DRE; English: Student Revolutionary Directorate) was a Cuban student activist group which in opposition to Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista from 1954 to 1957 played a role in the Cuban Revolu ...
. After the triumph of the Revolution he joined Fidel Castro's government. Early in his career, he served as the Secretary of Communication and Transportation and Ambassador to the Soviet Union. Later he served as Ambassador to Vietnam and Ecuador as well as historian of the Revolution. He was also member of the
National Assembly of People's Power The National Assembly of People's Power ( es, Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular) is the unicameral parliament of the Republic of Cuba. It is currently composed of 605 representatives who are elected from multi-member electoral districts for a ...
from 1976 to his death. He was born in Manatí, 45 km north of the city of Las Tunas. He began as a student leader in the Federation of University Students (FEU).  As members of the Revolutionary Directorate, on 13 March 1957, during the dictatorship of
Fulgencio Batista Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (; ; born Rubén Zaldívar, January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer and politician who served as the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and as its U.S.-backed military dictator ...
, he led, together with Carlos Gutiérrez Menoyo, the revolutionary group made up of 50 men that carried out the assault on the Presidential Palace, where he was seriously injured. He was part of the Las Villas Front under the command of Ernesto Guevara. Once the revolution triumphed Faure was recognized in the rank of commander of the armed forces. He died on 5 December 2019 in Havana (Cuba), due to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.


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Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil ( abbreviation: DRE; English: Student Revolutionary Directorate) was a Cuban student activist group which in opposition to Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista from 1954 to 1957 played a role in the Cuban Revolu ...
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Havana Presidential Palace attack (1957) The 1957 Havana Presidential Palace attack was a failed armed attack and assassination attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista at the Presidential Palace in Havana, Cuba. The attack began at around 3:30 PM on March 13, 1957, carrie ...
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Humboldt 7 massacre The Humboldt 7 massacre was the extrajudicial killing of four unarmed Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil (DRE) members by the Havana police on 20 April 1957. The police, led by Lt. Colonel Esteban Ventura Novo, entered apartment 201 of Hu ...
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Radiocentro CMQ Building The Radiocentro CMQ Building complex is a former radio and television production facility and office building at the intersection of Calle L and La Rampa in El Vedado, Cuba. It was modeled after Raymond Hood's 1933 Rockefeller Center in New York ...
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José Antonio Echeverría José Antonio Echeverría (July 16, 1932 in Cárdenas, Cuba, Cárdenas, Matanzas Province, Matanzas – March 13, 1957 in Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban revolutionary and student leader. The President of the Federation of University Students (' ...
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Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo (December 8, 1934 – October 26, 2012) was a revolutionary who led the guerrilla force Second National Front of Escambray during the Cuban Revolution against Fulgencio Batista and later opposed the government of Fidel Cas ...
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Rolando Cubela Secades Rolando Cubela Secades (19 January 1933 – 23 August 2022) was a Cuban revolutionary leader who played a vital part in the Cuban Revolution, having been a founding member of the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil and later the military lead ...


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El Ataque al Palacio Presidencial 13 de Marzo de 1957
1929 births 2019 deaths Communist Party of Cuba politicians Members of the National Assembly of People's Power 20th-century Cuban politicians 21st-century Cuban politicians Ambassadors of Cuba to Vietnam Ambassadors of Cuba to the Soviet Union {{Cuba-politician-stub