Enrique Ros | |
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Born | Enrique Emilio Ros y Pérez 1924
Cienfuegos, Cuba |
Died | April 10, 2013 (aged 89) |
Occupation | Businessman |
Children | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen |
Relatives | Rodrigo Lehtinen (grandson) |
Enrique Emilio Ros y Pérez (1924 – April 10, 2013) was a Cuban-American businessman, author, and activist opposed to Cuban president Fidel Castro. [1]
Enrique Ros was born in 1924 in Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Ros hosted radio shows on U.S. government station Radio y Televisión Martí, which broadcasts exclusively to Cuba. He was a strong advocate of retaining the United States embargo against Cuba. He was the author of Revolucion de 1933 en Cuba.
Ros was married to Amanda Adato (1926–2011) and they had two children, Enrique Jr. "Henry" and retired U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, [2] and four grandchildren: Jennifer and Katherine Ros, and Patricia and Rodrigo Lehtinen.
Ros died on April 10, 2013, in a South Miami, Florida hospital from respiratory complications. He was 89. [3]
Enrique Ros | |
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Born | Enrique Emilio Ros y Pérez 1924
Cienfuegos, Cuba |
Died | April 10, 2013 (aged 89) |
Occupation | Businessman |
Children | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen |
Relatives | Rodrigo Lehtinen (grandson) |
Enrique Emilio Ros y Pérez (1924 – April 10, 2013) was a Cuban-American businessman, author, and activist opposed to Cuban president Fidel Castro. [1]
Enrique Ros was born in 1924 in Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Ros hosted radio shows on U.S. government station Radio y Televisión Martí, which broadcasts exclusively to Cuba. He was a strong advocate of retaining the United States embargo against Cuba. He was the author of Revolucion de 1933 en Cuba.
Ros was married to Amanda Adato (1926–2011) and they had two children, Enrique Jr. "Henry" and retired U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, [2] and four grandchildren: Jennifer and Katherine Ros, and Patricia and Rodrigo Lehtinen.
Ros died on April 10, 2013, in a South Miami, Florida hospital from respiratory complications. He was 89. [3]