Jorge Mas Canosa

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Jorge Mas Canosa was a prominent Cuban-American businessman and influential anti-Castro activist who led the Cuban exile community through his founding and leadership of the Cuban American National Foundation.

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Jorge Mas Canosa canonical 5

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instanceOf Cuban-American
businessperson
human
political activist
activeIn Miami Cuban exile community
advocatedFor democratic transition in Cuba
birthDate 1939-09-21
birthPlace Santiago de Cuba
surface form: Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
causeOfDeath lung cancer
child Jorge Mas
José Mas
Juan Carlos Mas
citizenshipStatus Cuban exile in the United States
countryOfCitizenship Cuba
United States of America
deathDate 1997-11-23
era Cold War
post–Cold War era
ethnicGroup Cuban
familyName Mas Canosa
fieldOfWork political lobbying
telecommunications business
founded Cuban American National Foundation
givenName Jorge
influenced United States policy toward Cuba
knownFor anti-Castro activism
founding the Cuban American National Foundation
leadership of the Cuban exile community
languageSpoken English
Spanish
memberOf Cuban American National Foundation
movement Cuban Liberty Council
surface form: Cuban exile movement
name Jorge Mas Canosa self-link
nationality Cuban-American
notableWork building political influence of Cuban exiles in U.S. policy toward Cuba
occupation businessman
political activist
opposed Cuban government
surface form: Cuban communist government

Fidel Castro
placeOfDeath Miami, Florida, United States
politicalAlignment anti-Castro Cuban exile movement
anti-communism
positionHeld chairman of the Cuban American National Foundation
founder of the Cuban American National Foundation
regionOfActivity Cuban diaspora
United States of America
surface form: United States
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Miami, Florida, United States
spouse Irma Santos

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Jorge Mas Canosa name Jorge Mas Canosa self-link
Jorge Mas relative Jorge Mas Canosa
Jorge Mas father Jorge Mas Canosa