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Clemente Guillermo Gomez-Rodriguez (January 25, 1939 in Havana, Cuba) was a prominent defense lawyer in Cuba for 22 years.
Dr. Gomez studied in the Catholic school in Cuba (La Salle and La Luz) and was arrested at age 16 in 1955 for participating in a rally against the regime of Fulgencio Batista. He later studied law at the Law School of the University of Havana. As a defense attorney he participated in over fifteen thousand criminal cases. In the Case of General Arnaldo Ochoa, the most famous of Cuban criminal cases, he was one of the defense attorneys. He was arrested for trying to leave Cuba and sentenced to two years in prison. Upon his release, he was allowed to go to the United States with most of his family as a political refugee. He was assisted in entering the United States by his cousin's son, Alonso R. del Portillo, Assistant District Director to Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. He became a US citizen in 2001. He retired in 2005 because of ill health and has decided to dedicate the rest of his life to writing. His first book, Te Van a Fusilar (They Will Execute You) was published in 2007.
Dr. Gomez was married to Gladys Brito-Izquerdo (1941- ) and had three children, Dr. Maria del Carmen (1962- ), Dr. Elisa Alina (1963- ) and Clemente Romualdo Gomez-Brito (1967- ). He later married Elena Gonzalez-Reloba (1948- ) and they had one son, Clemente Segundo Gomez-Gonzalez (1982- ). His sister, Isolina Elisa (1942- ), is married to the Cuban diplomat, Dr. Alfonso Fraga-Perez and still lives in Havana, Cuba. His other sister, Guillermina (1940- ), is married to Jose Ribe-Lorenzo and lives in Miami, Florida. Dr. Gomez also lives in Miami with three of his children and his wife. He has ten grandchildren.
He is the son of former Cuban Army Major Clemente Ricardo Gomez-Sicre (1906-1983) and Maria del Carmen Rodriguez-Fontanills (1915-1943). Dr. Gomez is the grandson of the Cuban Independence War Brigadier General Clemente Romualdo Gomez-Diaz. He is the nephew of Jose Gomez-Sicre, a Cuban lawyer, art critic and author. Dr. Gomez is the great-grandnephew of Cuban musician Antonio Rodriguez-Ferrer, author of the musical introductory notes to the Cuban national anthem. Dr. Gomez is the cousin of Cuban sculptor Juan Jose Sicre, author of the most famous Cuban sculpture of all times of José Martí y Pérez (José Martí Memorial) located at the City of Havana in the Plaza de la Revolución .
References
- Te Van A Fusilar; Talleres de Rhodes Printing 2007, ISBN 1-890829-37-4 Template:Es icon
- El Nuevo Herald - August 26, 1989 - Abrantes Encara de 3 a 15 Anos Template:Es icon
Television Appearances
- Polos Opuestos, June 2007, on WSBS TV (Mega TV)
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