Ramiro Valdés, a commander of the Cuban Revolution and architect of its security state, has died at 94, leaving Raúl Castro almost alone from 1959.
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Key Facts
—The death. Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, a commander of the Cuban Revolution, died in Havana on Sunday at the age of ninety-four.
—The résumé. He was one of only twelve men to survive the 1956 Granma landing that launched Fidel Castro’s war.
—The role. He built and twice ran the interior ministry that became the island’s security and intelligence machine.
Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, a key figure of the Cuban Revolution and ally of Fidel Castro, has died
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Valdes was close ally of Castro brothers and helped found Cuba's notorious intelligence apparatus.
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