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      • Throughout the '90s, the group infiltrated the anti-Castro organizations and sent information to the Cuban government through encrypted software, high-frequency radio transmissions, and coded phone messages. The Wasp Network has been credited with stopping bomb attacks such as the plot against Havana's Tropicana nightclub.
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  2. Wasp Network is a 2019 spy thriller film written and directed by Olivier Assayas, based on the book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War by Fernando Morais. It stars Penélope Cruz, Édgar Ramírez, Gael García Bernal, Ana de Armas and Wagner Moura.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cuban_FiveCuban Five - Wikipedia

    ' The Wasp Network ') composed of at least 27 Cuban spies. [2] The Cuban government acknowledged that the five were intelligence agents in 2001, after denying it for three years. It said they were spying on Miami's Cuban exile community, not the U.S. government. [4]

    • The U.S.-Cuban Historical Backdrop to The Wasp Network
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    The opening seconds of Wasp Network reference Cuba's communist regime, but don't explain the full context. Between 1953 and 1959, Fidel Castro led a cultural revolution that ended with rebels taking control of Cuba on January 1, 1959. Less than two years later, U.S. President John F. Kennedy and the American government financed the infamous Bay of ...

    Wasp Network focuses on four organizations. Early on, René meets with José Basulto (Leonardo Sbaraglia), who explains the premise for his group of Cuban exiles named Brothers to the Rescue. In 1991, a 15-year-old Cuban boy died of dehydration while attempting to flee his native country. In response, Basulto formed a team to protect Cuban refugees, ...

    The real-life Wasp Network was known as "La Red Avispa."Due to the amount of terrorist attacks in Cuba — orchestrated by exiles living in America — a secret organization was formed to infiltrate Brothers to the Rescue, the Cuban American National Foundation, Alpha 66, and the F4 Commandos. They were led by Gerardo Hernández, who is portrayed by Mex...

    The real "Cuban 5"are Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González, and René González. They were arrested in 1998 and ultimately sentenced to four life terms in 2001, due to various convictions on conspiracy charges. According to the U.S. government, the Cuban 5 were plotting against America. In reality, however, they were...

  4. Jun 19, 2020 · Joining forces with a group of Cuban exiles in South Florida known as the Wasp Network – led by undercover operative Manuel Viramontez aka Gerardo Hernandez – he becomes part of a pro-Castro...

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  5. Jul 2, 2020 · Wasp Network tells the story of a group of Cuban intelligence officers known as the Cuban Five, but who were they and how does the film differ from real life?

  6. Jun 19, 2020 · The true story behind the 'Wasp Network' started in '60s. After Fidel Castro took control of Cuba in 1959, U.S.-based exile groups took responsibility for several attacks against the Caribbean nation, including the bombing of Cubana Flight 455 and the CIA-supported Bay of Pigs invasion.

  7. Based on a true and gripping story: Cuban spies infiltrate exile groups in the 1990s to stop terrorism against the island, but at a high personal cost. Watch trailers & learn more.

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