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Sergio Carbó
Sergio Carbó (born 1891 - April 18, 1971) was a prominent Conservative journalist and leader of the Cuban Revolutionary Party, Cuban Revolutionary party. Early history Sergio Carbó was born in the La Habana Province of Cuba. Journalism Sergio Carbó was the founder and the editor-in-chief of ''La Semana'', a weekly political commentary journal, in 1925. He started ''Zig-Zag'' in 1938 which was later re-established in Miami in 1960. From 1941 to 1960, he was the owner and director of the daily Havana newspaper ''Prensa Libre (Cuba), Prensa Libre''. Carbó had been detained in the political prison at La Cabaña, La Cabaña Fortress in January 1931, for publishing content in his newspaper, ''La Semana'', that the government found objectionable prior to his eventual release in February 1931. Rise to power Revolutionary expedition In May 1931, Carbó and Carlos Hevia equipped and led an expeditionary force from the United States which landed in Gíbara, a small community in the Ori ...
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