Manuel Antonio de Varona y Loredo (November 25, 1908 in Camagüey, Cuba – October 29, 1992 in Miami, Florida, United States) was a Cubanlawyer and politician.
Manuel Antonio de Varona
Born
November 25, 1908
Cuba
Died
October 29, 1992 (1992-10-30) (aged 83)
Miami, Florida USA
Careeredit
Varona is 7th Prime Minister of Cuba in 1948–1950, and served as president of the Cuban Senate from 1950 to 1952.[1] In 1960, Varona went into exile after denouncing Castro's communist regime. He was a member of the exile coalition Cuban Revolutionary Council (1961–1964).
He had three children: Carlos de Varona Segura who participated in the April 17th Bay of Pigs Invasion, Emelina Ivette, and Ivonne de Varona Ruisanchez.
He wrote El drama de Cuba ante América (1960, Mexico City, Centro de Información Democrática de América).
He is buried at Flagler Memorial Park in Miami, Florida.
Work for the CIAedit
During Varona's exile in Miami, the CIA supported his operational planning for the Bay of Pigs Invasion. They provided pills laced with botulinum toxin to affect the assassination of Fidel Castro. The pills were never used, because Castro had stopped visiting the restaurant where an anti-Castro worker intended to use them.
Mr. Breckinridge: Just before the first phase ended, Roselli, through Trafficante, was introduced to another Cuban exile leader in Miami by the name of Anthony Varona. Again, his name is a sensitive matter.
Varona was the leader of one of the groups that was being supported by the CIA as part of the preparation for the Bay of Pigs.
Varona was unhappy with his association, with the association with the CIA. He felt he had not been given enough money. Varona was approached by Roselli with Trafficante's introduction to take on this mission
Roselli's story was that he represented some private client who had interest in Cuba. The Roselli identity was apparent, as was Trafficante's.
Varona said he knew someone who was in a restaurant that Castro frequented and then the pills were transported again.
Mr. Schwartz. Could you state for the record who made the pills?
Mr. Breckinridge. The pills were made in what was then the Technical Services Division of the CIA.
Mr. Schwartz. Had they ever made such pills before?
Mr. Breckinridge. Not that I know of.
Mr. Schwartz. Had they ever used Botulinum as a poison in any way before?
Mr, Breckinridge. On one previous occasion Botulinum had been considered for use on cigars that someone had hoped to get to Castro, and eventually that never got off the ground. This was a scheme that was never approved and never went forward. I know of one instance in which it was considered.
Botulinum was made into pills and these pills were taken again to Cuba. Castro stopped going to the restaurant where this man was. The Bay of Pigs occurred and the operation was called off.[2]
Referencesedit
^Schroeder, Susan (15 April 1982). "Cuba: A Handbook of Historical Statistics". G.K. Hall – via Google Books.
^178-10004-10213 Testimony of William Colby and Scott Breckinridge, Jr., 5/23/75, pp. 106-107, United States Senate, Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities
Directorio Social de La Habana 1948, (P. Fernandez y Cia, S. en C.) (in Spanish)
Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1949, (Editorial Lex) (in Spanish)
Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1950, (Editorial Lex) (in Spanish)
Registro Social de La Habana 1958, (Molina y Cia, S.A.) (in Spanish)
Otero, Juan Joaquin (1954). Libro De Cuba, Una Enciclopedia Ilustrada Que Abarca Las Artes, Las Letras, Las Ciencias, La Economia, La Politica, La Historia, La Docencia, Y El Progreso General De La Nacion Cubana - Edicion Conmemorative del Cincuentenario de la Republica de Cuba, 1902-1952. (Spanish)
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