Talk:Alpha 66

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 15 January 2019 and 21 May 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): SethRoganfan389.

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US govnt funding?

Is there proof that the Alpha66 was infact funded by the US Government/CIA?? I thought this was all a conspiracy theory.

Bobbyschultz 00:25, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

They operate openly within the United States despite ties to terroristic incidents and other terrorist groups. I would think that this is enough proof of a friendly relationship with the US government, though it is not proof of direct funding. 66.167.51.8 05:22, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

The US really couldn't do anything about them without proof of a crime, anymore then they could punish armed displays by the JDL and The Black Panthers.

smb2a 12:53, 09 June 2008 (UTC)

Quick summary of Wikipedia's Alpha 66 page

Alpha 66 – A paramilitary group funded by the US government, formed in Puerto Rico by Cuban exiles opposed to Castro’s government. The group trained during the 1960s–70s in the Everglades for an eventual armed invasion of Cuba. The Cuban government, among others, has long considered the group to be a terrorist organization. Though an invasion never materialized after the Bay of Pigs failure, the group continued its violent efforts against the Cuban government. In 1976, Miami police lieutenant Thomas Lyons and detective Raul J Diaz testified that groups including Alpha 66 had international terrorist ties and had sold $100 "bonds" in Miami to help finance their cause. The group was linked to a spate of bombings and assassinations in Miami during the 1970s, directed at moderate community leaders intolerant of the terrorist methods of certain anti-Castro groups. A week before Lyons and Diaz's testimony, broadcaster Emilio Milian had both his legs blown off in a car bomb outside his workplace. The current leader of Alpha 66 is Ferdinand de Montejo, who currently resides in Hollywood, FL. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.234.69.28 (talk) 01:06, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

I have removed the following uncited information from the article:

The current leader of this paramilitary group is Ferdinand de Montejo, who currently resides in Hollywood, Florida. According to a verifiable source, a member of Alpha 66 for over 20 years, there was always a suspicion that the movement's leadership was in reality guided by the communist government of Cuba since every single person that went to infiltrate Cuba was "always" expected already and executed within the first four hours of arriving the island. This claim is supported by the fact that Nasario Sargent (its leader), would "always" call the radio stations and newspapers "two" days "before" the infiltration "even" giving specific details such as the number of people that was being sent at the particular time. They would usually be composed of a team of five ill prepared young boys between the ages of 17 and 21. Ex-member Julio Camacho also corroborated this version.

I have no objection to putting this information back if reliable sourcing per Wikipedia standards is provided. Location (talk) 23:00, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Far right

What makes this group "far right"? Simply because they oppose Castro? 69.58.249.133 (talk) 22:35, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Sources

For future reference: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rEoEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PA55#v=onepage&q&f=false -Location (talk) 17:28, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

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Proposed Future Edits

My aim is to expand the history section of Alpha 66 in terms of both content and references. More specifically, I hope to better document some historical examples of Alpha 66’s relationship with Cuba, the United States, and other Cuban exile groups. I will provide reliable, peer-reviewed sources to support everything that I add. Below is a list of my initial sources:

Arguelles, Lourdes. "Cuban Miami: The Roots, Development, and Everyday Life of an Emigré Enclave in the U.S. National Security State." Contemporary Marxism, no. 5 (1982): 27-43. http://www.jstor.org/stable/29765699.

Bass, Jeffrey D. "Beyond the Bay of Pigs: The Cuban Volunteer Program and the Reorientation of Anti-Castroism." The Historian 62, no. 2 (2000): 357-74. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24452094.

Colhoun, Jack. "“AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS”." In Gangsterismo: The United States, Cuba and the Mafia, 1933 to 1966, 200-12. New York; London: OR Books, 2013. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt18z4gvc.22.

Franklin, Jane. "The Year 1993." In Cuba and the U.S. Empire: A Chronological History, 308-27. NYU Press, 2016. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1b3h9jn.41.

García, María Cristina. "Hardliners v. "Dialogueros": Cuban Exile Political Groups and United States-Cuba Policy." Journal of American Ethnic History 17, no. 4 (1998): 3-28. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27502335.

Heindl, Brett S. 2013. "Transnational Activism in Ethnic Diasporas: Insights from Cuban Exiles, American Jews and Irish Americans." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 39 (3): 463-482.

McElrath, Karen. "Prosecution." In Unsafe Haven: The United States, the IRA and Political Prisoners, 65-83. London; Sterling, Virginia: Pluto Press, 2000. doi:10.2307/j.ctt18fs4fn.9.

McPherson, Alan. 2019;2018;. "Caribbean Taliban: Cuban American Terrorism in the 1970s." Terrorism and Political Violence 31 (2): 390-409.

Peer Review

I think the proposed future edits are on the right track! Expanding the history section with not only content but sources is a really good start because the history section is a little small for the content and citations are greatly needed. The sources you have included all come from reliable sources. I am excited to read your future edits! Gorditagirl21 (talk) 22:30, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Expansion of the history section will definitely enhance the article, but you may want to consider creating a structure within and outside of the section. While recorded historical actions are important, there is limited information on the ideology of the group as well as their defining characteristics and exactly what they claim to be against. The article also seems to have a little too much emphasis on conspiracy theories- but your collection of new and scholarly sources will help in counteracting this effect and bring the article up to a more informative standard. Kskornyes (talk) 02:41, 23 October 2019 (UTC)Kskornyes

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It might qualify for local fair-use. Possible source: http://www.cubainformazione.it/2006/terrorismo/occ/logoalfa66.gif . --Túrelio (talk) 15:35, 6 October 2022 (UTC)