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Juan Almeida Bosque (born February 17, 1927 in Havana
Havana

Havana is the capital city, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city is one of the 14 Provinces of Cuba. The city/province has 2.1 million inhabitants, and the urban area over 3.5 million, making Havana the largest city in both Cuba and the Caribbean....
, Cuba
Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
) is the third ranking member of the Cuban Council of State and one of the original commanders of the Cuban Revolution
Cuban Revolution

The Cuban Revolution was a revolution that led to the overthrow of the Dictator government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959 by the 26th of July movement and other revolutionary organizations....
. He is one of only a few individuals who have received the honorary title of Hero of the Republic of Cuba.

Whilst attending the University of Havana
University of Havana

The University of Havana or UH is a university located in the Vedado district of Havana, Cuba. Founded in 1728, the University of Havana is the oldest university in Cuba and one of the first to be founded in the Americas....
 in 1952, he became close friends with the revolutionary Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from February 1959 to December 1976 and then president, premier until his resignation from the office in February 2008....
 and in March of that year joined the Cuban revolution
Cuban Revolution

The Cuban Revolution was a revolution that led to the overthrow of the Dictator government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959 by the 26th of July movement and other revolutionary organizations....
. In 1953 he took part in the assault on the Moncada barracks
Moncada Barracks

The Moncada Barracks was a military barracks in Santiago de Cuba, named after General Guillermon Moncada, a hero of the Cuban War of Independence....
 in Santiago
Santiago de Cuba

Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island nation of Cuba, some east south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana....
 and was arrested and imprisoned in the Isle of Pines
Isle of Youth

Isla de la Juventud is the second-largest Cuban island and the sixth-largest island in the West Indies. The island has an area 3056 km? and is 100 km south of the island of Cuba, across the Gulf of Bataban?....
 Prison., During the amnesty of May 15, 1955, he was released and transferred to Mexico
Mexico

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Juan Almeida Bosque (born February 17, 1927 in Havana
Havana

Havana is the capital city, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city is one of the 14 Provinces of Cuba. The city/province has 2.1 million inhabitants, and the urban area over 3.5 million, making Havana the largest city in both Cuba and the Caribbean....
, Cuba
Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
) is the third ranking member of the Cuban Council of State and one of the original commanders of the Cuban Revolution
Cuban Revolution

The Cuban Revolution was a revolution that led to the overthrow of the Dictator government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959 by the 26th of July movement and other revolutionary organizations....
. He is one of only a few individuals who have received the honorary title of Hero of the Republic of Cuba.

Whilst attending the University of Havana
University of Havana

The University of Havana or UH is a university located in the Vedado district of Havana, Cuba. Founded in 1728, the University of Havana is the oldest university in Cuba and one of the first to be founded in the Americas....
 in 1952, he became close friends with the revolutionary Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from February 1959 to December 1976 and then president, premier until his resignation from the office in February 2008....
 and in March of that year joined the Cuban revolution
Cuban Revolution

The Cuban Revolution was a revolution that led to the overthrow of the Dictator government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959 by the 26th of July movement and other revolutionary organizations....
. In 1953 he took part in the assault on the Moncada barracks
Moncada Barracks

The Moncada Barracks was a military barracks in Santiago de Cuba, named after General Guillermon Moncada, a hero of the Cuban War of Independence....
 in Santiago
Santiago de Cuba

Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island nation of Cuba, some east south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana....
 and was arrested and imprisoned in the Isle of Pines
Isle of Youth

Isla de la Juventud is the second-largest Cuban island and the sixth-largest island in the West Indies. The island has an area 3056 km? and is 100 km south of the island of Cuba, across the Gulf of Bataban?....
 Prison., During the amnesty of May 15, 1955, he was released and transferred to Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
. In following years, he joined revolutionary battles in Cuba, partipicating in the Granma
Granma (yacht)

Granma is the yacht that was used to transport the fighters of the Cuban Revolution from Mexico to Cuba in 1956 for the purpose of overthrowing the regime of Fulgencio Batista....
 expedition and fighting the guerilla war in the Sierra Maestra
Sierra Maestra

For the Cuban son band,see Sierra Maestra .Sierra Maestra is a mountain range that runs westward across the south of the old Oriente Province from what is now Guant?namo Province to Niquero in southeast Cuba, rising abruptly from the coast....
 against the Batista government. In 1958 was promoted to Commander and head of the Santiago Column of the Revolutionary Army. After the Cuban revolution ended in 1959 he was established a General of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba and was chosen as a member of the central committee and political bureau, and has held a number of government positions.

Almeida also currently heads the National Association of Veterans and Combatants of the Revolution. His interests include writing and music, of which several books and recordings have been made including the popular Cuban trilogy - "Military prison", "Exile" and "Disembarkation". He presently resides in Havana.

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