Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo died this morning in a Havana hospital of an apparent heart attack, according to an AP report.
When I met Menoyo in 2001, I discovered a man of quiet but steely conviction, a man who, after an entire life forged in struggle and a great deal of violence, had chosen peace as the best approach to achieving...peace. For this, he was often vilified in Miami.
Menoyo, a pragmatic social democrat, was caught between Cuban and Cuban-American extremes. From the political limbo of this radical middleground, his voice went unheard and unheeded far too often.
I will write more about Menoyo soon.
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