JORGE MAS CANOSA

'Jorge Mas Canosa' (1939 – November 23, 1997) was a Cuban-American activist best known for his strong opposition to Fidel Castro and his leadership of the Cuban-American National Foundation. He was considered by many to be the leading figure in the Cuban-exile community in Miami, Florida.
In a series of interviews with the New York Times, Luis Posada Carriles, a Cuban exile paramilitary who claimed responsibility for the bombings at hotels and nightclubs in Cuba in 1997 and is accused of the bombing of Cubana Flight 455, said his activities were directly supported by Jorge Mas Canosa.^[1] In 1998 the Cuban government charged The Cuban American National Foundation, which was founded in 1981 at the initiative of the Reagan administration and receives U.S. government funding ^[2] with the continued financing of anti-Cuban terrorist activities ^[3]

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1. Posada: "I'll kill Castro if it's the last thing I do" Observer,
Sunday 19 July 1998
2. http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oig/aireports/i13f0012.pdf
3. Radio Havana Cuba's news service
for Friday, August 14, 1998