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Virginia Betancourt

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She wrote books about her family, efforts to free Cuban exiles imprisoned after the "Bay of Pigs" invasion attempting to overthrow Fidel Castro, and a book about libraries in Latin America.

She was born in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Justo Molina photographed her in 1982. She gave an interview published April 2021.

Writings

  • Vida Familia (1890 - 1958) (2007)
  • Bay of Pigs the Long and Hard Road to Freedom (2011)
  • El Sistema Nacional de Bibliotecas e Información de Venezuela (SINASBI), 1974-1998; una experiencia latinoamericana exitosa en la formación de ciudadanía (2020)

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