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Sergio del Valle Jiménez/Bay of Pigs Invasion

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In article Bay of Pigs Invasion, amended and clarified the titles of del Valle and Almeida in Cuban order of battle. Cut out following Yahoo obituary quoted text and copied it to Sergio del Valle Jiménez biography talk page. (quote)"Cuban Gen. del Valle dies (circa 11-16-07, no birth date given)". News. Yahoo!. Retrieved on 2007-11-16. "After Batista fled and the rebels took control of the island on Jan. 1, 1959, del Valle held various positions in Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces. He was army chief of staff when a US-backed exile army tried unsuccessfully to invade the Bay of Pigs in 1961, as well as the following year when the US discovery of Soviet missiles on the island pushed the world to the brink of nuclear war. The Soviets eventually removed the missiles. Del Valle was also interior minister in the late 1960s and health minister from 1979 to 1986"(end quote).PeterWD (talk) 00:41, 22 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

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