José A. Albertini/ Sobre Las UMAP: El Testimonio De Su Hermano Luis Salvador Albertini Díaz

In this exclusive interview, José A. Albertini, writer and leader of the Cuban exile community, offers a powerful account of the UMAP (Military Units to Aid Production), the camps where the Castro regime confined thousands of Cubans deemed “problematic.” Albertini shares personal experiences: his brother, Luis Salvador Albertini Díaz, was sent to these camps, and he describes how men from the Rebel Army, illiterate men, and young workers were taken to the UMAP in inhumane conditions. He also addresses the purge of Cubana de Aviación, where pilots, engineers, and mechanics were persecuted and sent to the camps alongside older men, revealing the brutality of the system. He also discusses the Betancourt case and how the regime mixed young people with adults in a cruel attempt at “re-education.” This interview is a unique testimony about the repression, injustice, and history of the Cuban exile. Subscribe for more interviews and stories about the history of Cuba and the exile community.