Institute for Cuban & Cuban-American Studies Invitation

The Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies
Invites you to the presentation of the book

“BETRAYAL: CLINTON, CASTRO AND THE CUBAN FIVE”
by
Matt Lawrence & Thomas Van Hare

On February 24, 1996, two U.S. civilian planes flying a rescue mission in international airspace between Florida and Cuba were shot down by Cuban Air Force MIG fighters. Four Americans, including three U.S. citizens, lost their lives. Betrayal recounts how back door politics failed negotiations and a “mix-up” in communications at NORAD allowed Cuba to murder American citizens. Authors Matt Lawrence and Thomas Van Hare are former aviators who flew the rescue missions.

INTRODUCTION: Jaime Suchlicki, Director, Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American
Studies (ICCAS), and Emilio Bacardi Moreau Professor of History at the University of Miami. He is
editor of “Cuban Affairs” a quarterly electronic journal published by ICCAS and the author of Cuba: From
Columbus to Castro; Mexico: From Montezuma to the Rise of PAN; and Breve Historia de Cuba.

PRESENTER: Juan Tamayo, was the Miami Herald’s correspondent in charge of Cuba coverage from 1995-200, during which time he wrote hundreds of stories on and from the island. He coordinated The Herald’s overall coverage of Cuba as Foreign Editor from 1993-1995, and Chief of Correspondents from 2003-2008. In 1999, he received Columbia University’s Maria Moors Cabot award. Tamayo won two other national journalism awards from the Overseas Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalist for his 1989 series of European terrorist groups. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. Tamayo is now a Research Associate at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies, University of Miami

AUTHOR: Matt Lawrence, is president of Paratus International, LLC, a consulting firm providing disaster preparedness and continuity of business planning for the public and private sectors. A Florida native, Matt first witnessed the plight of Cuban refugees as a child in the early 1960s. He later flew with both Brothers to the Rescue and with Freedom Flight International, where he served as both Director of Special Projects and Chief Mission Specialist. His first mission as a search and rescue crew member was flown seated next to Carlos Costa, one of the four Brothers to the Rescue pilots killed by the Castro brothers. Matt’s book will be for sale and he will be signing copies.

DATE: Monday, July 27, 2009 at 7 p.m.

WHERE: Casa Bacardi, University of Miami,
1531 Brescia Avenue, Coral Gables

RSVP: The Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies
(305) 284-CUBA (2822). Seating capacity limited. Reservations requested.