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!! History Commons Alert, Exciting News Profile: Raul CastroRelated Entities:
Raul Castro was a participant or observer in the following events:The CIA offers to pay a Cuban $10,000 to arrange a fatal accident involving Fidel Castro’s brother, Raul. After the Cuban leaves to meet with Raul, the CIA instructs the local case officer in Havana to abort the operation. The Cuban later says he did not have an opportunity to set up an accident. [US Congress, 12/18/1975] Entity Tags: Raul Castro Timeline Tags: US-Cuba (1959-2005) The CIA plans an operation to poison Fidel Castro, as well as his brother Raul and Che Chevarra, with pills containing botulinum toxin. The plan drags on for more than two years, but is ultimately aborted. [US Congress, 12/18/1975; Central Intelligence Agency Inspector General, 1/1996] Entity Tags: Technical Services Division (TSD), Robert E. Maheu, William Harvey, Sheffield Edwards, Richard Bissell, Raul Castro, James O ‘Connell, Ché Guevara, Fidel Castro Timeline Tags: US-Cuba (1959-2005) | Email UpdatesReceive weekly email updates summarizing what contributors have added to the History Commons database DonateDeveloping and maintaining this site is very labor intensive. If you find it useful, please give us a hand and donate what you can. VolunteerIf you would like to help us with this effort, please contact us. We need help with programming (Java, JDO, mysql, and xml), design, networking, and publicity. If you want to contribute information to this site, click the register link at the top of the page, and start contributing. | |||||||
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