Jorge Mas Canosa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mas and the second or maternal family name is Canosa.
Jorge Mas Canosa
Born(1939-09-21)September 21, 1939
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
DiedNovember 23, 1997(1997-11-23) (aged 58)
Coral Gables, Florida, US
SpouseIrma Santos
Children3, including Jorge Mas

Jorge Lincoln Mas Canosa (21 September 1939 – 24 November 1997) was a Cuban-American businessman who founded the Cuban American National Foundation and MasTec, a publicly traded company. Regarded within the United States as a powerful lobbyist on Cuban and anti-Castro political positions,[1] he was labeled a "counterrevolutionary" by the Cuban Communist Party.[2]

Mas Canosa was the driving force behind the creation of both Radio Marti and TV Marti and was appointed chairman of the advisory panel by President Ronald Reagan.[3][4] In the early 1960s, he was trained by the CIA for the Bay of Pigs Invasion and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. Under his leadership, the Cuban-American national Foundation received criticism for its role in covert operations in Cuba.[citation needed] In 1998, The New York Times published several articles on Mas Canosa's relationship with Luis Posada Carriles, a militant anti-communist Cuban exile.[5]

  1. ^ Rohter, Larry (November 24, 1997). "Jorge Mas Canosa, 58, Dies; Exile Who Led Movement Against Castro". New York Times. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference CNN-obit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Matthews, Mark (August 6, 1995). "Head of Radio Marti may be ousted". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  4. ^ Bardach 2002, p. 148.
  5. ^ "Cuban Exile Says He Lied to Times About Financial Support". New York Times. August 4, 1998. Retrieved 23 July 2020.