Huber Matos Benítez (26 November 1918 – 27 February 2014) was a Cuban military leader, political dissident, activist, and writer. He opposed the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista from its inception in 1952 and fought alongside Fidel Castro, Raúl Castro, Che Guevara, Camilo Cienfuegos and other members of the 26th of July Movement to overthrow it.

The Huber Matos affair was a political scandal in Cuba when on October 20, 1959, army commander Huber Matos resigned and accused Fidel Castro of "burying the revolution". Fifteen of Matos' officers resigned with him.

Huber Matos es uno de los pocos oficiales del Ejército Rebelde que peleó toda la guerra entre 1956 y 1959 en el que llegó al rango de comandante, el equivalente en un ejército formal al rango de Coronel.

The case of Comandante Huber Matos, sentenced by Fidel Castro's regime to 20 years in prison for "acts of sedition and treason" only nine months after the...

2014年3月1日 · Huber Matos, a top commander in Fidel Castro’s army who broke from the Cuban revolution in 1959 over its tilt toward Communism, endured a harsh imprisonment for 20 years and became a leader of...

A look at Hubert Matos and his opposition to the rise of communism in Cuba in 1959. Who is Huber Matos? Before the struggle against dictator Fulgencio Batista, Huber Matos was a teacher at the Manzanillo Institute, and the owner of a small rice plantation.

Huber Matos Benítez (26 November 1918 – 27 February 2014) was a Cuban dissident activist and writer from Yara, Granma Province. He was best known as a revolutionary who assisted Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and other members of the 26th of July Movement (M-26-7) in removing the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista as part of the Cuban Revolution.

2024年9月1日 · SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- The case of the commander Huber Matos sentenced by Fidel Castro’s regime to 20 years in prison for “acts of sedition and treason,” marked a moment of rupture for the revolutionary coalition.

2014年2月27日 · The only exiled dissident among the original leaders of the 1959 Cuban revolution, Huber Matos, has died in Miami at the age of 95. He was arrested in 1960 and sentenced to 20 years...

2014年3月1日 · Huber Matos Benitez, whose disenchantment with the Cuban Revolution he had helped lead brought him the wrath of Fidel Castro and 20 years in prison, died Thursday in Miami after a heart attack.