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Fabio Grobart (born Abraham Semjovitch, August 30, 1905 - October 22, 1994) was a founding member of the Cuban Communist Party in the early 1920s. He is generally considered the principal Communist Agent in Cuba and was charged with the covert section of the Cuban Communist party.^[1] He was expelled from Cuba several times,^[2] but returned to Cuba early in 1959, supposedly at the request of Raul Castro and Ernesto Che Guevara. He is believed to have advised Fidel Castro on the means and methods of achieving absolute and lifetime power. Grobart died in 1994 ^[3]

References

â Alexander, Robert Jackson 2002 A History of Organized Labor in Cuba, Praeger Publishers ISBN-10 027597703X
â Garcia Montes, Jorge and Antonio Alonso Avila, 1970 Historia del Partido Comunista de Cuba Ediciones Universal, 1970, Miami p. 116
â New York Times Article

[1] â Alexander, Robert Jackson 2002 A History of Organized Labor in Cuba, Praeger Publishers ISBN-10 027597703X

[2] â Garcia Montes, Jorge and Antonio Alonso Avila, 1970 Historia del Partido Comunista de Cuba Ediciones Universal, 1970, Miami p. 116

[3] â New York Times Article

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-Fabio Grobart (Abraham (Yunger) Semjovitch,), was starting from about 1924 to well into the Castro regime, the principal communist agent in Cuba.  He was a founding member of the (Stalinist) Cuban Communist Party. Generally considered the principal Stalinist Agent in Cuba.  He was expelled from Cuba several times, but returned to Cuba early in 1959 said to be at the request of [[Raul Castro]] and Ernesto [[Che Guevara]]. He is believed to have advised [[Fidel Castro]] on the means and methods of achieving absolute and lifetime power.  Grobart died 1994 <ref>Times staff 1994 (accessed 3-19-08) Fabio Grobart, Veteran Cuban Communist, 89. New York Times October 24, 1994 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E0D8173FF937A15753C1A962958260
+'''Fabio Grobart''' (born Abraham Semjovitch, August 30, 1905 - October 22, 1994) was a founding member of the Cuban Communist Party in the early 1920s. He is generally considered the principal [[Communist]] Agent in [[Cuba]] and was charged with the covert section of the Cuban Communist party.<ref>Alexander, Robert Jackson 2002 ''A History of Organized Labor in Cuba'', Praeger Publishers ISBN-10 027597703X</ref>  He was expelled from Cuba several times,<ref>Garcia Montes, Jorge and Antonio Alonso Avila, 1970 ''Historia del Partido Comunista de Cuba Ediciones Universal'', 1970, Miami p. 116</ref> but returned to Cuba early in 1959, supposedly at the request of [[Raul Castro]] and Ernesto [[Che Guevara]]. He is believed to have advised [[Fidel Castro]] on the means and methods of achieving absolute and lifetime power.  Grobart died in 1994 <ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E0D8173FF937A15753C1A962958260 New York Times Article]</ref>
-Fabio Grobart, a founder of Cuba's Communist Party, has died, state news organizations reported. He was 89 years old.
+==References==
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-The report from the state news agency A.I.N. did not say when he died or the cause of death, but it said he was buried on Saturday.
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Grobart, Fabio}}
+[[Category:Communists]]
-Mr. Grobart, who emigrated from Poland to Cuba when he was 19, was a founding member of the Cuban Communist Party in 1925. At one time he owned a tailor shop in Havana.
-In the years after the 1959 revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power, Mr. Grobart served on the party's Central Committee and as a member of Parliament. In his later years he was considered the party's historian.
-In the 1960's he was listed as a director of the influential magazine Cuba Socialista and was considered a top planner in guiding Cuba's revolution ideologically.
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