- Carlos Márquez Sterling
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name=Carlos Márquez Sterling
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birth_date=September 8, 1898
birth_place=Camaguey, Cuba
death_date=May 3, 1991
death_place=Miami, Florida USADr. Carlos Márquez Sterling y Guiral (born Carlos Guiral y Márquez Sterling on
September 8 ,1898 inCamaguey , Cuba -May 3 ,1991 inMiami ,Florida USA) was aCuba nlawyer ,writer ,politician anddiplomat .Dr. Márquez Sterling was an attorney and professor of law and economics at the
University of Havana . He founded theManuel Márquez Sterling School of Journalism at the University of Havana. He was also a member of the CubanHouse of Representatives and served as president of that body. He also served as Minister ofEducation and Labor.In 1940, he was the president of the constitutional assembly which wrote the
Cuban Constitution of 1940. That convention lasted six months and resulted in a constitution with 19 chapters, 32 sections and 286 subsections.In the 1950's, he was detained many times by the government of
Fulgencio Batista because of his opposition to Batista dictatorship.In 1958, he ran unsuccessfully for
President of Cuba . The following year the government ofFidel Castro placed him under house arrest. He then went into exile.Exile
He started his exile in
New York where he taught atColumbia University and atC.W. Post College onLong Island . In 1979, he moved to Miami and taught at Biscayne College (nowSt. Thomas University ) and gave conferences atFlorida International University . He also wrote columns for the Spanish-language newspaperDiario Las Americas . He was also the author of over 20 books. In 1984, theFlorida House of Representatives honored him for his contribution to “Cuba, democracy, justice and liberty”.Family
Dr. Márquez Sterling was the son of Captain Guillermo Guiral Dominguez of the Spanish Army and of Maria Dolores Márquez Sterling y Loret de Mola (sister of
Cuban President Manuel Márquez Sterling ). He married two times, first to Silvia Dominguez y O’Mahony and then with Uva Hernandez Cata. He had two sons, Carlos and Manuel Marquez Sterling y Dominguez. He is buried atMiami Memorial Park .References
* "Carlos Márquez Sterling, Memorias de un estadista: Frases y escritos en correspondencia" "(edited by Manuel Márquez Sterling)" (Miami, Florida: Ediciones Universal, 2005) ISBN: 1593880510) es icon
* "Cuba: Anuario Historico 1991"; Esteban M. Beruvides (Miami, Florida: AD Ventures International, 1992) es icon
* "Cuba and Its Right to Freedom"; Lincoln Rodon Alvarez (Miami, Florida: Editorial Laurenty Publishing Inc., 1987)
* "Fulgencio Batista: From Revolutionary to Strongman"; Frank Argote-Freyre (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2006) ISBN-13: 9780813537016
* "Semper Fidel: America & Cuba 1776-1988"; Michael J. Mazarr (Baltimore, Maryland: The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, Inc., 1988)
* "Cuba or the Pursuit of Freedom"; Hugh Thomas (London, Great Britain: Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd., 1971)
* "Directorio Social de la Habana 1948", (Havana, Cuba: P. Fernandez y Cia S.A.) es icon
* "Registro Social de la Habana 1958" (Havana, Cuba: Molina y Cia S.A., 1958) es icon
* "Anuario de Familias Cubanas 1988" (Miami, Florida: Trejos Hermanos Sucrs.,Inc., 1988) es icon
* "Historia de Familias Cubanas" (Miami, Florida: Ediciones Universal, 1985) ISBN: 0897293800) es icon
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