One Day in December: Celia Sánchez and the Cuban Revolution (67 page)

at Uvero battle,
186
–88

Aloma, Antonio,
95
,
96

Alonso, Cruz,
47

Álvarez, Chela Sánchez (Graciela) (sister),
29
,
30
,
35
,
37
,
183
,
439

death of son of,
385
–88

emigrates to Florida,
383
–85

not at father’s funeral,
286
–88

photographs of,
128

returns to Manzanillo,
351

on Revolutionary government,
389
–90

Álvarez, Guillermo (William; nephew),
385
–88,
390

Alvarez, Manuel Enrique (Kiki; nephew),
389

Álvárez, Pedro (brother-in-law),
34
–35,
38
,
157

death of son of,
385
–88

emigrates to Florida,
383
–85

not at Manuel Sánchez’s funeral,
286
–88

returns to Manzanillo,
351

on Revolutionary government,
389
–90

Alvarez, Ramon,
89
,
93

Álvarez, Santiago,
118
,
437

Álvarez Sánchez, Jorge (nephew),
339
,
387
–89

Álvárez Tabío, Pedro,
119
,
121
,
172

on archives collected by Celia,
332
–33,
381

on Celia’s
nom de guerre
,
204

on
Comandancia
,
296

on Communist Party documents,
391

on Frank Fiorini (Sturgis),
279

on Franqui,
404

on Guillermo García,
58

on Crescencio Pérez,
65

American Society of Newspaper Editors,
333
,
334

Amerijerias, Efigénio,
138
,
223

Anderson, Jon Lee,
181

Angola,
419
–21,
420

Arab Spring,
13

Arafat, Yasser,
424

Arango, Sánchez,
98

Arcimedes (adopted son),
408

Areces, Alberto,
183

Areviches, Marcial,
121

Argibay, Pepito José,
351

Artime, Pepín,
38

artists,
401
–2,
403

assassinations,
199
–200

Authentic Party,
185
,
201

Babiel, Nelsy,
382
,
411
–12

Balaguer, José R.,
192

Barnet, Miguel,
331
–32,
403
–5

Batista, Fulgencio,
32

assassination attempt against,
172

Bofill and,
285

coup by,
33
,
99

in election of 1954,
101

flees Cuba,
316

Kennedy on,
370

“
Los Puros
” mutiny against,
69
,
70

on Matthews interview with Fidel,
160

Bayo, Alberto,
73
,
231

Bay of Pigs invasion,
371
–73

return of prisoners from,
383

Semana de Girón holilday to commemorate,
414

Bedoya, Sonya,
353
–54

Benitez, Reynaldo,
117

Betto, Frei,
371

Blanco (sergeant),
309

Bofill, Mariano,
284
–85

Bofill, Raysa,
377
,
411
,
429

Boix, Pepe,
255
–57

Brezhnev, Leonid,
359

Buehlman, Victor,
180

Bueno Rousseau, Susette,
91

Caignet, Maria Victoria,
342
,
356
–60,
363
,
426
–27

Calvino (policeman),
311
–12

Cambra, Álvarez,
376
–77

Canizares, José Salas,
206
,
208
,
255
,
258

Cantillo, Eulogio,
316

Carbonella, Emilio,
95

Carratala (policeman),
311

Cartier-Bresson, Henri,
366

Castaneda, Jorge,
352
,
373

Castellanas, Nene (cousin),
37
–39

Castellanos, Baulilo,
71
,
88

Castillo, Yayo,
222

Castro, Elsa,
83
,
159
,
179
–80,
204
,
230

archives work of,
381

Celia aided by,
168
–69,
193
–94

Celia’s clothes and,
115

Moran and,
196
,
199

photograph of,
131

in Sánchez’s support network,
129
–32

supplies moved by,
79

visits Manuel Sánchez,
282

Castro, Fidel: Acosta Ferrales, courier for,
261
,
261
–63,
265
,
267

in Alegria de Pio,
117

on Chela and Pedro Álvarez,
385

in Angola,
419

in archives,
382

arrives in Cuba,
102
–3,
106
–9

assassination attempts against,
197
,
198
,
279
,
387

in battle with Quevedo,
288
–94

during Bay of Pigs invasion,
371
–73

Celia as second-in-command under,
270
–71,
275
–76

Celia’s criticisms of,
202
–4

on Celia’s death,
434
,
436

at Celia’s funeral,
115
,
437
,
438

during Celia’s lung cancer,
423

Celia takes care of,
247
–48

children in household of,
391
–93,
406
–11,
416
,
417

cigars of,
399
–401

Comandancia
headquarters of,
268
–69,
295
–303,
298

Coppelia Ice Cream Parlor project and,
394
–96

Cossío and,
329

dental problems of,
236

in dispute between Sotus and Ché,
169
–70

en route to Cuba from Mexico,
82
–87,
90
–94,
97
,
102

at fiftieth anniversary celebration,
125

following death of País,
218
–20

as godfather to children,
251

on governing free zones,
260

Eutimio Guerra and,
151

at Guisa battle,
314

gun conversation of,
124

in Havana,
325
–31

home life of,
339
,
342
,
343

during Las Vegas battle,
279
–82

letters between Celia and,
236
–41

Matthews interview with,
140
–42,
147
–49,
160

at meeting of directors,
274

meets Celia,
143
–46,
145

meets Chibás and Pazos,
201
–2

in Mexico,
81
–82

mother of,
230
–31

at National Federation of Cuban Women,
357

at official receptions,
359
–60

in Orthodox Party,
99

País and,
206

on País’s death,
216
,
217

in Palma Soriano,
315

Eugenia Palomares raised by,
246
,
247
,
376
,
377

on Eugenia Palomares’s house,
439

Eugenia Palomares’s wedding and,
431
,
432

personal life of,
354
–55

personal security for,
307
,
352
–54,
378