What is Raúl Rivero?
[[File:Raúl Rivero en La Habana en 1998.jpg|right|200px]] '''Raúl Rivero Castañeda''' (23 November 1945 – 6 November 2021) was a [[Cuba]]n [[poet]], [[journalist]], and [[dissident]]. Rivero was born in [[Morón, Cuba|Morón]], [[Camagüey]], [[Cuba]]. He supported [[Fidel Castro]] and the [[Cuban Revolution]] From 1973 to 1976 he worked for the official Cuban press in [[Moscow]]. He also was chairman of the [[National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba|National Union of Writers and Artists]] (UNEAC). Rivero died of [[cardiopulmonary arrest]] caused by [[emphysema]] in [[Miami]], [[Florida]] on 6 November 2021, three weeks before his 76th birthday.<ref>[https://www.efe.com/efe/america/cultura/muere-en-miami-a-los-75-anos-el-periodista-y-disidente-cubano-raul-rivero/20000009-4669780 Muere en Miami a los 75 años el periodista y disidente cubano Raúl Rivero] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107151717/https://www.efe.com/efe/america/cultura/muere-en-miami-a-los-75-anos-el-periodista-y-disidente-cubano-raul-rivero/20000009-4669780 |date=2021-11-07 }}{{in lang|es}}</ref> == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rivero, Raul}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Cuban writers]] [[Category:Journalists]] [[Category:Cuban poets]] {{bio-stub}}