Roberto "Bobby" Batista y Fernández died Wednesday, January 12, 2022, and his funeral will take place from Thursday, in the old San Isidro Cemetery, in the Spanish capital. He was the son of Fulgencio Batista and Marta "Martha" Fernandez Miranda de Batista.
Batista Fernández was a lawyer by profession and had a successful law firm in New York City. In an interview with the journalist Jesús Díaz Loyola and published by Radio Martí, Bobby Batista said that "never, in the history of Cuba, has there been a president so maligned as General Fulgencio Batista." With the pride of a son, he added: "If I could take my father's remains to Cuba, I would not hesitate."
Bobby Batista was born in New York in 1947, due to his father's exile due to political problems with the government that happened to him on the island, after the 1944 elections, but his childhood was always marked by the circumstances of Cuba, the country to which he which he returned in 1949, and in which he remained until Castro came to power.
Close to the Batista family, the multi-award-winning Cuban writer and human rights activist, Zoé Valdés, told Radio Martí from her exile in Paris that Batista Fernandez "knew how to live in discretion despite the relevance of his surname, and he was a lawyer who defended just causes, freedom and the truth."
Batista Fernández was a lawyer by profession and had a successful law firm in New York City. In an interview with the journalist Jesús Díaz Loyola and published by Radio Martí, Bobby Batista said that "never, in the history of Cuba, has there been a president so maligned as General Fulgencio Batista." With the pride of a son, he added: "If I could take my father's remains to Cuba, I would not hesitate."
Bobby Batista was born in New York in 1947, due to his father's exile due to political problems with the government that happened to him on the island, after the 1944 elections, but his childhood was always marked by the circumstances of Cuba, the country to which he which he returned in 1949, and in which he remained until Castro came to power.
Close to the Batista family, the multi-award-winning Cuban writer and human rights activist, Zoé Valdés, told Radio Martí from her exile in Paris that Batista Fernandez "knew how to live in discretion despite the relevance of his surname, and he was a lawyer who defended just causes, freedom and the truth."
Roberto "Bobby" Batista y Fernández died Wednesday, January 12, 2022, and his funeral will take place from Thursday, in the old San Isidro Cemetery, in the Spanish capital. He was the son of Fulgencio Batista and Marta "Martha" Fernandez Miranda de Batista.
Batista Fernández was a lawyer by profession and had a successful law firm in New York City. In an interview with the journalist Jesús Díaz Loyola and published by Radio Martí, Bobby Batista said that "never, in the history of Cuba, has there been a president so maligned as General Fulgencio Batista." With the pride of a son, he added: "If I could take my father's remains to Cuba, I would not hesitate."
Bobby Batista was born in New York in 1947, due to his father's exile due to political problems with the government that happened to him on the island, after the 1944 elections, but his childhood was always marked by the circumstances of Cuba, the country to which he which he returned in 1949, and in which he remained until Castro came to power.
Close to the Batista family, the multi-award-winning Cuban writer and human rights activist, Zoé Valdés, told Radio Martí from her exile in Paris that Batista Fernandez "knew how to live in discretion despite the relevance of his surname, and he was a lawyer who defended just causes, freedom and the truth."
Batista Fernández was a lawyer by profession and had a successful law firm in New York City. In an interview with the journalist Jesús Díaz Loyola and published by Radio Martí, Bobby Batista said that "never, in the history of Cuba, has there been a president so maligned as General Fulgencio Batista." With the pride of a son, he added: "If I could take my father's remains to Cuba, I would not hesitate."
Bobby Batista was born in New York in 1947, due to his father's exile due to political problems with the government that happened to him on the island, after the 1944 elections, but his childhood was always marked by the circumstances of Cuba, the country to which he which he returned in 1949, and in which he remained until Castro came to power.
Close to the Batista family, the multi-award-winning Cuban writer and human rights activist, Zoé Valdés, told Radio Martí from her exile in Paris that Batista Fernandez "knew how to live in discretion despite the relevance of his surname, and he was a lawyer who defended just causes, freedom and the truth."
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