Víctor Dreke - Wikipedia
Víctor Emilio Dreke Cruz (born 10 March 1937, in Sagua La Grande) is a Cuban Communist Party leader of African descent, and a former commander in the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. [1] Following involvement in various student protests in Sagua la Grande 1952-54, Dreke joined the 26th of July Movement in 1955, soon
No other choice but to unite: An interview with Victor Dreke
Oct 7, 2017 · Victor Dreke is a former colonel of Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces who fought alongside Che Guevara during the Cuban revolution’s decisive battle of Santa Clara. In 1965, he joined Guevara’s rebel training project in the Congo as his second-in-command.
Dreke, Víctor - Encyclopedia.com
V í ctor Dreke Cruz is one of the heroes of Cuba's African story. Born in 1937 to a working-class family in the town of Sagua la Grande in Cuba's Villa Clara province, he joined the struggle against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista (1952 – 1958), rising to the rank of captain (the second highest rank, immediately below commander) in ...
Víctor Dreke Cruz - AfroCubaWeb
Nov 13, 2002 · Víctor Dreke Cruz, of Havana's Center for the Study of Africa and the Middle East, is currently vice president of the Cuba-Africa Friendship Association and for the last decade has helped lead work to construct housing, schools, roads and other development projects in Africa.
Che Guevara and Víctor Dreke in the African Congo
Oct 8, 2024 · In April 1965, Víctor Dreke accompanied Che Guevara on his ill-fated expedition to the African Congo. Serving as Che’s second-in command, Dreke led a company of 128 Cuban fighters that fought in the Congo until November 1965.
El Comandante Victor Dreke: The Making of a Cuban Revolutionary
Jun 30, 2020 · Victor Emilo Dreke Cruz is a walking archive. Today, at age 82, his life represents the arch of the Cuban Revolution. He was fifteen in 1952, when General Batista waged a military coup in order to protect US neo-colonial and Cuban elite interests.
Víctor Dreke - EcuRed
Víctor Emilio Dreke Cruz (Sagua La Grande, 10 de marzo de 1937) es un combatiente revolucionario cubano. Fue protagonista del movimiento revolucionario en Cuba , uno de los jefes en la lucha contra las bandas contrarevolucionarias en la sierra del Escambray, combatiente del Ejército Rebelde e internacionalista.
Conversations with Víctor Dreke - OpenEdition Journals
Born into a modest family in Sagua la Grande in 1937, Víctor Dreke experienced first-hand the realities of pre-revolutionary Cuba, marked by poverty, racism and discrimination of all kinds.
Víctor Dreke - Wikiwand
Víctor Emilio Dreke Cruz is a Cuban Communist Party leader of African descent, and a former commander in the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces.
INTERVIEW WITH VÍCTOR DREKE | CHE GUEVARA’S SECOND-IN …
CHE GUEVARA’S second-in-command in the Congo and a veteran fighter at the Bay of Pigs, VÍCTOR DREKE took time out from his visit to Ireland to mark the 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion to talk to An Phoblacht’s MARK MOLONEY about his revolutionary journey.