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Jos\u00e9 Ra\u00fal Vidal y Franco<\/span><\/a>, a Cuban historian and writer, will discuss his book entitled <\/span>What of Puerto Pr\u00edncipe: Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed Among Weapons, Bandits and Traitors <\/span><\/i>at the Koubek Center, 2705 S.W. 3rd St., on May 22 at 7:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

The book, released in 2014, discusses historical events such as weapon shipments to Puerto Pr\u00edncipe meant to ignite a Cuban independence revolution and analyze the scheme\u2019s eventual failure as a result of the opposition party, the Camag\u00fcey bourgeoisie. <\/span><\/p>\n

Vidal y Franco, who has released more than six novels, will share his knowledge of the event alongside Rosa Leonor Whitmarsh, professor and author; Julio M. Shiling, political scientist and writer and Fern\u00e1ndez Cepero, poet and writer. After the discussion, there will a Q&A session and book signing.<\/span><\/p>\n

The event is free and open to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information, contact the Miami Book Fair<\/span><\/a> at (305) 237-3258 or wbookfair@mdc.edu.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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