Enrique Ros

Enrique Ros
Born	Enrique Emilio Ros y Pérez 1924 Cienfuegos, Cuba
Died	April 10, 2013 (aged 89) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Businessman
Children	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Relatives	Rodrigo Lehtinen (grandson)

Enrique Emilio Ros y Pérez (1924 – April 10, 2013) was a Cuban-American businessman, author, and activist opposed to Cuban president Fidel Castro.^[1]

Early life

Enrique Ros was born in 1924 in Cienfuegos, Cuba.

Career

Ros hosted radio shows on U.S. government station Radio y Televisión Martí, 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.

Personal life

Ros was married to Amanda Adato (1926–2011) and they had two children, Enrique Jr. "Henry" and retired U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen,^[2] and four grandchildren: Jennifer and Katherine Ros, and Patricia and Rodrigo Lehtinen.

Death

Ros died on April 10, 2013, in a South Miami, Florida hospital from respiratory complications. He was 89.^[3]

Books by Enrique Ros

Ros, Enrique 2011 Vicente García/ El incomprendido Mayor General Cubano Ediciones Universal, Miami ISBN 1-59388-231-9
Ros, Enrique 2006 El clandestinaje y la lucha armada contra castro/ The clandestinity and the armed fight against Castro (Cuba y sus Jueces) Ediciones Universal, Miami ISBN 1-59388-079-0
Ros, Enrique 2005 Revolucion de 1933 en Cuba Ediciones Universal, Miami ISBN 1-59388-047-2
Ros, Enrique 2003 Fidel Castro y El Gatillo Alegre: Sus Años Universitarios (Coleccion Cuba y Sus Jueces) Miami ISBN 1-59388-006-5
Ros, Enrique 2002 Ernesto Che Guevara: mito y realidad. Ediciones Universal, Miami. ISBN 0-89729-988-4
Ros, Enrique 1999 Aventura Africana De Fidel Castro (Coleccion Cuba y Sus Jueces) Miami ISBN 0-89729-908-6
Ros, Enrique 1998 Cubanos Combatiente: Peleando En Distingidos Frentes (Coleccion Cuba y Sus Jueces) Miami ISBN 0-89729-868-3
Ros, Enrique 1996 Años Criticos: Del Camino De La Accion Al Camino Del Entendimiento (Coleccion Cuba Y Sus Jueces) Miami ISBN 0-89729-814-4
Ros, Enrique 1995 De Giron a La Crisis De Los Cohetes: La Segunda Derrota (Coleccion Cuba Y Sus Jueces) Miami ISBN 0-89729-773-3
Ros, Enrique and Orlando Bosch 1994 Giron la verdadera historia (Coleccion Cuba y sus jueces) Miami ISBN 0-89729-738-5

References

^ Pedraza, Silvia (2007). Political disaffection in Cuba's revolution and exodus. Cambridge University Press. pp. 97–. ISBN 978-0-521-68729-4. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
^ "State House remembers Enrique Ros | Naked Politics".
^ "Fallece Enrique Ros, voz prominente del exilio cubano - Sur de la Flo…". Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2013.