Elicio Argüelles y García–Menocal (Elicio Argüelles II or Elicio Argüelles Jr.) was a Cuban exile and politician—one of the last of the Cuban senators elected to office before the Communist Revolution.[1] His father was Elicio Argüelles Pozo.[2] He, and his father met Ernest Hemingway at a Jai alai game in Havana, and they became family friends.[2] Argüelles' father owned the Frontón Jai Alai, the largest Jai Alai arena in Hanava.[3] In Cuba during World War II, Argüelles was instrumental in the FBI effort to hunt Nazis in Latin America, and was involved in some way with Hemingway's anti-submarine missions.[4] In the late 1950s, he had become one of Hemingway's five closest friends, alongside his cousin, Mario Menocal.[2][5][6] His daughter is Rosario Kennedy.[7] Argüelles and his family fled Cuba around 1960 to escape persecution by the new government of Fidel Castro, and wound up settling in exile in Little Havana, in Miami.[7]
Elicio Argüelles Menocal | |
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| Cuban Senator | |
| In office 1958–1959 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 26, 1910 Guane, Cuba |
| Died | January 24, 1988 (Aged 77) Miami |
| Children | Rosario Kennedy |
| Parent | Elicio Argüelles Pozo |
References
edit- ^ Schroeder, Susan (1982). Cuba: A Handbook of Historical Statistics. G.K. Hall. ISBN 978-0-8161-8213-8.
- ^ a b c Stock, Wolfgang (2019-04-23). "Elicio Argüelles - der gute Freund aus Havanna". Hemingways Welt (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-23.
- ^ says, eduardo Quintana (2020-01-07). "Frontón Jai Alai: Inside Havana, Cuba's "Palace Of Screams"". Retrieved 2024-10-23.
- ^ FBI (1947). "History of the Special Intelligence Service Division". Archive.org.
- ^ Casas, Carlos A. Peón (2022). "Hemingway in Cuban Contexts: Revisiting Reaches of his Imagination". The Hemingway Review. 41 (2): 87–99. doi:10.1353/hem.2022.0006. ISSN 1548-4815.
- ^ KRAUTJUNKER (2021-10-19). "Cabo Blanco – Mit Ernest Hemingway in Peru". KRAUTJUNKER (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-23.
- ^ a b "About Rosario Kennedy | Rosario Kennedy & Associates". Retrieved 2024-10-23.
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