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Clemente Guillermo Gomez-Rodriguez (January 25, 1939 in Havana, Cuba) was a prominent defense lawyer in Cuba for 22 years and is now a writer.

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 and former Cuban Minister of the Interior Jose Abrantes Fernandez, one of the most famous of Cuban criminal cases (Case #1-1989 along with Arnaldo Ochoa and Patricio and Antonio de la Guardia) , he was one of the defense attorneys.

Gomez-Rodriguez 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.

Family

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 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.

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 noted 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

• Gómez, Dr. Clemente (2007). Te Van A Fusilar. Talleres de Rodes Printing. ISBN 1890829374.(Spanish)
• Alfonso, Pablo (August 26, 1989). "Abrantes Encara de 3 a 15 Anos". El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish).
• Beruvides, Esteban M. (1994). Cuba: Anuario Histórico 1990. 12th Ave. Graphics. (Spanish)
• Suchlicki, Jaime (2002). Cuba: From Columbus to Castro and Beyond. Potomac Books Inc. ISBN 9781574884364.
• Zatz, Marjorie (1994). Producing Legality: Law and Socialism in Cuba (After the Law). Routledge. ISBN 9780415908573.
• Fernandez, Frank (2001). Cuban Anarchism: The History of a Movement. See Sharp Press. ISBN 9781884365195.

Television Appearances

• Polos Opuestos, June 2007, on WSBS TV (Mega TV)
• A Mano Limpia, June 2007, on WJAN TV (America TeVé)

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