Como Llego La Noche

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Summary: Intenso relato de alto valor historico
Review: Este relato de la vida de Huber Matos desde el 10 de marzo de 1952 hasta su liberacion de la carcel en 1978, ofrece una vision muy especial de lo que fue la insurgencia en Cuba en la Sierra Maestra, la personalidad de Fidel Castro y la ignominia del presidio politico en la isla, que increiblemente aun perdura.

Sin demostraciones de egocentrismo ni de vanidad, Matos demuestra al lector lo que es un hombre integro, valiente y dispuesto a sacrificarlo todo por su patria.

Los cubanos de buena voluntad le debemos nuestro respeto y agradecimiento.

Por otra parte, hubiera sido preferible que Matos, en lugar de ignorarlas, se hubiese dirigido a los hechos que tuvieron lugar durante su gobernacion de la provincia de Camaguey que han dado pie a tanta critica en su contra.

Sugiero leer tambien la critica ofrecida por Raul Rivero en http://www.cubacid.com/desde-la-misma-noche.htm

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Summary: Thank you, Huber Matos......Gracias
Review: It is with warm heart that I wish to thank Huber Matos, now 84 years old, for writing a book that strips the Cuban Revolution of all the romanticism that leftists here and abroad have given it. The treachery of Castro and his henchmen and the suffering of the Cuban people cannot be hidden behind ideological lies. Huber Matos, who fought with Castro in the Sierra Maestra mountains, has bared it all. Let us rememebr this man, a revolutionary, imprisoned and savagely beaten by the revolution. No one knows the truth better than he does.
A true hero for all Cubans and for those who fight against the specter of communism that is always threatening democracy in our country.

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Summary: Intenso relato de alto valor historico
Review: This book is a personal testimony of one of the leaders of the Cuban revolution. Mr. Matos describes in a very direct style how they succeeded in wrestling power from the Batista's forces and the first six months of Castro's government. Castro's usurpation of power and communist leaning government leads to a nation wide purge of his detractors, including his comrades from the revolution. Huber Matos the number three revolution leader is detained and condemned to 20 years of prison in the most subhuman conditions for declining to participate in the communist government. Exposed to constant harassment, torture, and psychological pressure, Huber Matos resists by not compromising and maintaining his ethics and intellectual freedom. This extraordinary book joins the likes of The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956 -- by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn and Night -- by Elie Wiesel, in describing the abuses in prisons from totalitarian governments.

In the words of Mr. Matos "La verdad nos hace libres. Y la libertad nos da la fuerza para defender la verdad"....Truth sets us free. Freedom gives us strength to defend the truth (my translation)

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Summary: Truth will set you free
Review: This book is a personal testimony of one of the leaders of the Cuban revolution. Mr. Matos describes in a very direct style how they succeeded in wrestling power from the Batista's forces and the first six months of Castro's government. Castro's usurpation of power and communist leaning government leads to a nation wide purge of his detractors, including his comrades from the revolution. Huber Matos the number three revolution leader is detained and condemned to 20 years of prison in the most subhuman conditions for declining to participate in the communist government. Exposed to constant harassment, torture, and psychological pressure, Huber Matos resists by not compromising and maintaining his ethics and intellectual freedom. This extraordinary book joins the likes of The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956 -- by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn and Night -- by Elie Wiesel, in describing the abuses in prisons from totalitarian governments.

In the words of Mr. Matos "La verdad nos hace libres. Y la libertad nos da la fuerza para defender la verdad"....Truth sets us free. Freedom gives us strength to defend the truth (my translation)

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Summary: magnifico libro
Review: Un excelente libro, comencé a leerlo y me lo terminé en 2 dias. Lo recomiendo mucho para conocer esta historia de la mano de su protagonista, algo que la mayoria de los cubanos que nacimos con la revolucion no conociamos. Magnifico.