Mario Chanes de Armas

Mario Chanes de Armas ( born October 25, 1927 in Havana, † February 24, 2007 in Miami ) was a Cuban revolutionary and former comrade Fidel Castro, who has spent later on charges of counter- revolutionary activities 30 years in Cuban prisons.

Together with Fidel Castro, he fought against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. 1953 Chanes involved in organized and led by Castro attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, they spent a common time in prison. However, the consequence of an unexpected amnesty both were released after 21 months and went into exile in Mexico shortly thereafter. Together they returned in December 1956 on board the yacht Granma returned to Cuba to open up the guerrilla war that Castro should bring to power in January 1959. De Armas hope was a Cuba of freedom and democracy, and he soon fell into opposition to Castro, who built a Marxist- Leninist dominated by his regime against its repeated until the spring of 1959 promise.

As early as 1961 he returned to prison, this time at the behest of his former companions, the accusation was counter-revolution. He was accused of having been involved in an attempted assassination of the dictator, Fidel Castro, which he denied all his life. The disagreement was a personal and ideological. His likeness was redeemed from all the pictures that showed him with the Cuban leader.

In prison de Armas was the leader of the minority who opposed the communist re-education. The result was psychological terror and isolation torture. He was released a day before the end of the thirtieth year of his imprisonment.

Chanes de Armas was longer in prison than any other political prisoner of the 20th century, including Nelson Mandela. After his release, mediated by the Chilean government, he moved to Florida. His final years were marked by de Armas of Alzheimer's disease.