And hopefully he is a better man than Che Guevera or Fidel Castro - I wouldn't call either examplary human beings - rather interesting curiosities on the level of Augusto Pinochet.
Rafal Kedzierski ________________________________ > Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 02:36:12 +0000 > To: texascavers@texascavers.com > CC: s...@caver.net; tag-...@hiddenworld.net > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Angel Graña Gonzalez > From: texascavers@texascavers.com > > > Thanks, John. > > > > You are correct. Angel has MANY stories! I did not want to spoil the > surprise ----------- > > > > The society (NSS) awarded Antonio Núñez Jiménez an Honorary Membership > in the NSS in August 1993. Not only was he the founder of the Sociedad > Espeleológica de Cuba (SEC) (in 1940, two years before the NSS was > founded), Antonio Núñez did indeed play a very significant role in the > Revolution and was repeatedly honored by Fidel. Antonio Núñez raised > the first peasant militia and used the caves in the Viñales Valley to > defeat Batista's forces. Antonio Núñez was also Che Guevera's > right-hand-man. For that and other reasons the US refused to grant > Antonio Núñez a visa to travel to the USA to receive his award from the > NSS. > > > > Antonio Núñez Jiménez was an academic and accomplished,internationally > recognized scientist for all seasons: a Geographer, Geologist, > Anthropologist, Botanist, Paleontologist, and president of the Cuban > Academy of Sciences. > > > > It was reported that Fidel cried like a baby at his funeral. > > > > Angel Graña Gonzalez was a friend, caving companion, and secretary to > Antonio Núñez Jiménez until he died in September 13, 1998 > > > > Angel has, indeed, many stories. > > > > DirtDoc > > > ________________________________ > From: "John Greer via Texascavers" > Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 6:09:54 PM > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Attention: Spanish Speakers attending the > NSS Convention in Missouri next week > > I believe Angel was with Fidel Castro and his brother-in-law the famous > geographer (and really great guy) Antonio Núñez during the revolution > and was mostly in charge (with Antonio) of cave exploration and > mapping. He is full of more stories than you will have time to listen > to. Get him to talk! > > For those of you who have been to the cave house in La Havana, there is > a big photo on the wall of the whole group in a cave, with Castro > (especially) all decked out in his normal army field gear, and all > slopping through the mud. I believe Antonio published this photo in > some of his books, so it’s available. > > John Greer > Casper > > > On Jul 7, 2015, at 5:43 PM, via Texascavers > <texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:texascavers@texascavers.com>> > wrote: > > Attention: Spanish Speakers attending the NSS Convention in Missouri > next week > > _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing > list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
