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13Apr

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Victor Batista Falla, editor

Víctor Batista Falla –a Cuban editor and publisher – died on 12 April 2020 after contracting Covid-19. Batista's father, Agustín Batista y González de Mendoza, was the founder of the Trust Company of Cuba, the most powerful Cuban bank prior to the Cuban Revolution. His mother, María Teresa Falla Bonet, was the daughter of Laureano Falla Gutiérrez, a powerful sugar tycoon. He was also the uncle of Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. Batista fled Cuba following the Cuban Revolution and settled in New York City. In the United States, he financed the creation of the magazine Exilio, intended for publishing young writers in exile. He then founded the Colibrí publishing house in Madrid on the proposa...

Victor Batista Falla, editor

Víctor Batista Falla –a Cuban editor and publisher – died on 12 April 2020 after contracting Covid-19. Batista's father, Agustín Batista y González de Mendoza, was the founder of the Trust Company of Cuba, the most powerful Cuban bank prior to the Cuban Revolution. His mother, María Teresa Falla Bonet, was the daughter of Laureano Falla Gutiérrez, a powerful sugar tycoon. He was also the uncle of Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. Batista fled Cuba following the Cuban Revolution and settled in New York City. In the United States, he financed the creation of the magazine Exilio, intended for publishing young writers in exile. He then founded the Colibrí publishing house in Madrid on the proposa...

Victor de Jesus, Paediatrician

Victor de Jesus – a Paediatrician at Hospital HIMA, Caguas, Puerto Rico – passed away on 10 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Victor was 58 years old. "He had been hospitalized for about three weeks and, from the beginning, he complicated himself and connected to a ventilator," said Dr. Víctor Ramos, president of the College of Surgeons of Puerto Rico. Mr. Armando Rodríguez Benítez, president of the HIMA San Pablo Group , sent his condolences to the pediatrician's family. “This death is a great loss for our institution. We offer our deepest condolences to his wife, family, friends and colleagues in his private practice. Our doctors fought tirelessly for their colleague, but this terrible disease was more ...