Top Castro Aide Turned Dissident Huber Matos Dies at 95

Huber Matos, a top Cuban revolutionary who was sent to prison for 20 years for turning against Fidel Castro, died Thursday in Miami.His family says Matos suffered a heart attack. He was 95.Matos was a teacher and farmer when he joined the Castro-led rebels plotting to overthrow Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Matos rode side-by-side with a triumphant Castro as they entered Havana on New Year's Day, 1959.But Matos wrote in his autobiography that he quickly became disenchanted with Mr....

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