</s>177-1001-10305 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JFK Assassination System Date: 8/26/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: LBI RECORD NUMBER: 177-10001-10303 RECORD SERIES: VP SECURITY FILE, CUBA, MISC, PAPERS, 5/61 & 11-12/62, BOX 9 AGENCY FILE NUMBER : AGENCY FILENUMBER: Document Information ORIGINATOR: CIA CIA FROM: CIA TO: TITLE: DATE: 03/27/1963 PAGES: 44 SUBJECTS: NEED SUBJECT ASSIGNED DOCUMENT TYPE: REPORT CLASSIFICATIONS: UNclassified RESTRICTIONS: IB CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 06/04/1998 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS: DOC. #2 31 v1 NW 50955 DocId: 32283208 Page 1

Summary  
This document compiles U.S. intelligence assessments of Cuban subversive activities in Latin America between 1962 and 1963, focusing on training programs, arrests, and operational networks. It details the scale of Cuban influence through military and political indoctrination, including estimates of trained individuals (1,500–2,000) and travel records showing over 5,000 Latin Americans visiting Cuba in 1962 alone. Field reports note approximately 11,000 arrests for subversive activities across the region, though most were released without conviction. Training programs emphasized guerrilla warfare, sabotage, and political indoctrination using Cuban instructors and Che Guevara’s writings. Propaganda efforts via Radio Havana and Prensa Latina aimed to radicalize Latin American movements. Country-specific annexes highlight arrests, trainee numbers, and notable individuals linked to Cuban operations in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and British Guiana.  

Key People  
- Fanny Edelman (Argentina): Former secretary-general of the Argentine Communist women’s organization UMA; assigned to foreign liaison for the Argentine Communist Party.  
- Zenon Barriones (Bolivia): Bolivian Communist Party member reported organizing guerrilla forces among peasants after returning from Cuba.  
- Clodomir dos Santos Morais (Brazil): Second-in-command of Brazilian Peasant Leagues, involved in setting up training camps; still in custody.  
- Julio Stuardo (Chile): Leader of the Progressive Socialist Movement (MSP); photographed with Cuban embassy officials prior to an embassy bombing incident.  
- Eddie Aristizabal, Tulio Bayer, Antonio Carotta, Alvaro Santiago Paz, Mario Vera Ararata, Jefferson Quevedo, Enrique Medina, Carlos Alvarado, M.M. Rodriguez, Luis Gomez Perez, Ketty Romoleroux (Ecuadoran leaders trained in Cuba).  
- Ricardo Ramirez (Guatemala): Leader trained in Cuba; linked to subversive activities.  
- Manuel Noe Rodriguez Reyes, Flores-Mila Castro, Luis Banguas Laguirez, Jesus Otavio Hernandez, Darios Hector Toledo, Regina de Lainez, Anibal Moradeo, Felix Vancencia, Ramon Sabillon Orellana, Guadalupe Reyes (Honduran figures linked to Cuban training).  
- Carlos Adan Perez Bermudez, Eligio Alvarez, Montalvan, Reinaldo Viez Ruiz, Francisco Rolando Alvarez Lopez, Ricardo Francisco Ojojo Zeledo, Orlando Quinones Torres, Guillermo Andres Baldoito Serrano, Juan Jose Lorio Garcia, Adrian Sanchez Sanchez Sanchez, Abdul Siker Urroz, Marco Antonio Melendez Delgado, Socrates Noel Flores Vivas, Ivan Sanchez Arguello, Orlando Quintana, German Pomares Ordonez (Nicaraguan figures linked to Cuban training).  
- Agapito Fernandez Garcia (Panama): Deputy possibly trained in Cuba.  

Key Locations  
- Cuba: Central hub for subversive training and propaganda operations.  
- Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, British Guiana, Jamaica: Countries where Latin American nationals traveled to Cuba for training or were involved in subversive activities.  
- Mexico City: Monitored travel controls for Cuban-bound travelers.  
- Panama, Costa Rica: Routes used for smuggling propaganda materials to Cuba.  

Key Events  
- October 1962 Crisis: Restricted Western Hemisphere access to Cuba via scheduled airlines; Mexican authorities began photographing passports of travelers.  
- Bombing incident in Chile (October 1962): Five members of the Progressive Socialist Movement (MSP) arrested following an embassy bombing; four released after three days.  
- Establishment of guerrilla training camps by Brazilian Peasant Leagues, linked to Cuban-trained instructors.  
- Arrests of individuals linked to subversive activities, including terrorism and sabotage.  
- Reports of paramilitary training for Nicaraguan, Honduran, and Costa Rican exiles supported by Cuba.  
- Incidents involving Cuban-trained operatives returning to their home countries to conduct raids or spread propaganda.  
- Confiscation of propaganda materials by Mexican authorities from travelers returning from Cuba.  

Key Organizations  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA): Conducted surveillance and analysis of Cuban subversive activities in Latin America.  
- Cuban government: Provided training, propaganda, and logistical support for Latin American revolutionaries.  
- Communist parties in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela: Sponsors of subversive training programs and political indoctrination.  
- Prensa Latina news service: Used by Cuba to disseminate revolutionary propaganda across Latin America.  
- National Liberation Front (FLN) in Nicaragua: Supported by Cuba.  
- Vanguardia de Accion Nacional (VAN), United Front for National Liberation (PUMA), Revolutionary Left (MR), Venezuelan Communist Party (PCV): Organizations associated with Cuban-trained operatives or leftist movements.

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