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Cuban Power, also known as El Poder Cubano or United Cuban Power was an Anti-Castro terrorist group that conducted bombings against Cuban targets and states and entities they felt to be sympathetic to the Castro regime through early and mid-1968. == List of Attacks == *January 9, 1968: A packaged mailed by Cuban Power in New York exploded in a Havana post office, injuring five postal workers.〔''Transnational Terrorism: a chronology of events'' by Edward F. Mickolaus Westport, Conn; Greenwood Press, 1980 p.81〕 *January 25: two parcels sent by Cuban Power exploded in Miami. The bombs were sent to All Cargo Transport, Inc., Servicios Especialados and Tiger Garage. The first two were businesses which mailed food and clothing from Cuban exiles to the island through third countries. The latter was an American owned small business with no apparent connection to Cuba. A police office, Sgt. Russel Leasburg was cut by flying glass when investigating one of the packages. A communiqué by the group warned that other bombs would be directed at people that did business with the Castro regime.〔Special to The New York Times. (1968, Jan 26). Stores of cubans in miami bombed; terrorists blamed. New York Times (1923-Current File), pp. 24. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/118464759〕 *February 8: the British consulate in Miami was bombed. Cuban Power was suspected.〔Mickolaus p.81〕 *April 22: the Mexican consulate and the Spanish National Tourist Office in New York are bombed. A reproduction of the Cuban flag bearing the words "Cuban Power" is found at the Spanish office and a "Cuban Power" sign is left outside the Mexican one〔Mickolaus p.88〕〔Spanish travel agency in city is bombed for the second time. (1968, Jun 22). New York Times (1923-Current File), pp. 30. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/118257071〕 *May 26: the home of the Mexican consul general Rafael Reyes Spindola, the Pan American Club and Les Violins restaurant are bombed in Miami.〔Mickolaus p.89〕 *May 30: WNDT Channel 13 in New York was bombed.〔By, D. B. (1968, Jul 23). Army is only producer of plastic explosive used in bombs found outside 2 foreign offices here. New York Times (1923-Current File), pp. 25. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/118182767〕 *May 30: Japanese freighter ''Asaku Maru'' bombed in Tamba, Florida. The ship sustained $100,000 in damage.〔Cuban exiles bombed ship. (1968, Jun 02). The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973), pp. A11-A11. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/143432543〕〔Table of contents 5 -- no title. (1968, Jun 02). Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File), pp. EA-eA. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/155941377〕 *June 21: the Spanish National Tourist Office in New York is bombed a second time at 4:10AM. The blast destroyed the front windows, as well as the windows of two neighboring offices. Mimeographed circulars of the ''Declaration of principles of Cuban Power'' were found at the site.〔Mickolaus p.90〕〔Spanish travel agency in city is bombed for the second time. (1968, Jun 22). New York Times (1923-Current File), pp. 30. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/118257071〕 *July 4: a bomb is left in a bed of ivy adjoining the Canadian and Australian tourist offices in New York.〔By, E. P. (1968, Jul 08). Japanese agency in city is bombed. New York Times (1923-Current File), pp. 1. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/118274848〕 *July 7: the Japanese National Tourist Office in Rockefeller Center is bombed, blowing out the front glass windows. Two passersby were injured: Shirley Schwabe, 42, got glass splinter in her eye, and her daughter, Nancy, 16, suffered lacerations on her foot.〔By, E. P. (1968, Jul 08). Japanese agency in city is bombed. New York Times (1923-Current File), pp. 1. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/118274848〕 *July 9: a bomb placed on the fourth floor fire escape of a building next to the Yugoslav and Cuban UN Missions in New York exploded at 1AM. Every window on the Yugoslav mission was shattered and the Cuban mission received minor damages. An eight inch deep, two foot square hole is left in the private residence adjoining the fire escape.〔By, H. B. (1968, Jul 11). Police unit hunts bomb suppliers. New York Times (1923-Current File), pp. 51. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/118375618〕 *July 14: Chicago branch of the Mexican National Tourist Office is bombed.〔Mickolaus p.92〕 *July 15: a bomb was discovered and dismantled in front of the French National Tourist Office at Rockefeller Center, New York.〔4 travel agencies and shell offices bombed on coast. (1968, Jul 20). New York Times (1923-Current File), pp. 8. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/118488063〕 *July 16: a bomb is placed outside the office of the Mexican consulate and airline, Aeronaves de Mexico in Newark, New Jersey. Police find and dismantle it before it explodes.〔Mickolaus p.92〕 *July 19: within seventeen minutes bombs exploded at the Mexican National Tourist Council in Beverly Hills, the Mexican Travel Agency, Air France, and the Shell Oil building in Los Angeles. Two hours later Japan Airlines is bombed. Red, white and blue "Unite Cuban Power" stickers were found at each location.〔4 travel agencies and shell offices bombed on coast. (1968, Jul 20). New York Times (1923-Current File), pp. 8. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/118488063〕 *July 26: Chicago branch of the Mexican National Tourist Office is bombed a second time. A "Cuban Power Unite!" sticker and a two-page handwritten letter are recovered at the site. Meanwhile, another anti-Castro group, the Secret Anti-Communist Army claimed responsibility for the Mexican, Spanish and Canadian bombings, while Movimento Nacional de Coalicion Cubana claimed responsibility for the French and Newark Mexican bombs.〔By, T. B. (1968, Jul 27). Bomb explodes at grove press. New York Times (1923-Current File), pp. 13. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/118226456〕 *July 30: British consulate in Los Angeles is bombed. A red, white and blue "United Cuban Power" sticker is found at the scene.〔3 cubans hunted in coast bombing. (1968, Aug 01). New York Times (1923-Current File), pp. 4. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/118238787〕 *August 3: the street level offices of the Bank of Tokyo Trust Company at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel were bombed at 3:05AM. The blast destroyed furniture, three glass plate-glass windows, two sets of double doors with 3 inch thick glass, and the windows at a Trans World Airlines office across the street. Damage was estimated at $40,000. A man identifying himself as Arturo Rodriguez Vives, spokesman for Cuban Power contacted the ''New York Post'' claiming that an attack on a tourist office of consulate was imminent.〔By, D. K. (1968, Aug 04). Japanese bank in waldorf bombed. New York Times (1923-Current File), pp. 30. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/118359803〕 *August 7: a nightwatchman found a bomb with a "Cuban Power" sticker on it at a travel agency at Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills.〔Larsen, D. (1968, Aug 09). Cuban warns of more terrorist bombings in U.S. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File), pp. 0_1-0_1. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/155961359〕 *August 8: the British cargo ship ''Caribbean Venture'' hit an underwater mine in Biscayne Bay, Miami. Cuban Power claims responsibility.〔By, W. L. (1968, Aug 15). Cache points up secrecy among cuban exiles. New York Times (1923-Current File), pp. 41. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/118420837〕 *August 17: a Mexican airline office in Miami is bombed.〔Mickolaus p.96〕 *September 16: the Polish freighter ''Polanika'' was shot at while docked at Dodge Island, Miami.〔Special to The New,York Times. (1968, Oct 12). 9 cuban exiles indicted in plot to attack ships. New York Times (1923-Current File), pp. 8. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/118315122〕 *October 16: a bomb exploded at the Los Angeles offices of the Socialist Workers Party and the Young Socialist Alliance. A red white and blue "Cuban Power" sticker was found at the scene.〔Table of contents 2 -- no title. (1968, Oct 17). Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File), pp. 2-2. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/156110431〕 *October 23: Three sticks of dynamite tied together and a "Unite: Cuban Power" sticker were found at the SWP headquarters in Los Angeles. An anonymous caller had warned police〔Seize 9 anti-castro cubans in new york. (1968, Oct 24). Chicago Tribune (1963-Current File), pp. B23-b23. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/168808710〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cuban Power」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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