Huber Matos Bentez was a Cuban military leader, political dissident, activist and writer. He opposed the dictatorship of Batista from its inception in 1952 and fought alongside Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and other members of the 26th of July Movement to overthrow it. Following the success of the Cuban Revolution that brought Castro into power, he criticized of the regimes shift in favor of Marxist principles and ties to the Communist Party of Cuba . Convicted of treason and sedition by the postrevolutionary government, he spentyears in prison before being released in 1979. He then divided his time between Miami, Florida, and Costa Rica while continuing to protest the policies of the Cuban government.
Matos was born in Yara, in Oriente Province.
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