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Word: petronio (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...going on, both in Cuba's training camps and in the field. The job of training Castro's subversion army is handled by Cuba's Dirección General de Inteligencia (DGI), whose comandante, Manuel Pineiro Lozada-known variously as "Red Beard," "M-l," and "Petronio"-oversees everything from guerrilla training to cash disbursements for Castro's Latin American agents. The DGI has trained more than 5,000 Latin Americans in guerrilla warfare, including 500 Venezuelans, 300 Peruvians, 200 Panamanians, 75 Dominicans, 60 Salvadorans. Trainees receive Guevara's La Guerra de Guerrillas and another handy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba: The Petrified Forest | 10/8/1965 | See Source »

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