Name Enrique Ros | Children Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | |
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Died April 10, 2013, South Miami, Florida, United States Grandchildren Rodrigo Lehtinen, Patricia Marie Lehtinen Similar People Ileana Ros‑Lehtinen, Dexter Lehtinen, Rodrigo Lehtinen | ||
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Enrique Ros (born Enrique Emilio Ros y Pérez; 1924 – April 10, 2013) was a Miami based Cuban-American businessman and activist opposed to Cuban president Fidel Castro.
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- Enrique ros
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Death
- Books by Enrique Ros
- References
Enrique ros
Early life
Enrique Ros was born in 1924 in Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Career
Ros hosted radio shows on U.S. government station Radio Marti 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 and other books.
Personal life
Ros was married to Amanda Adato (1926-2011) and they had two children, Enrique Jr. "Henry" and U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and four grandchildren: Jennifer and Katherine Ros, and Patricia and Rodrigo Lehtinen. He is also related to another Enrique Ros, an officer in Cuba's elite marksman squad at the Hotel National which for several days in 1933 held off the mutiny of the enlisted ranks led by Batista and others
Death
Ros died on April 10, 2013 in a South Miami, Florida hospital from respiratory complications. He was 89.