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Luis Posada Carriles

1928 - 2018

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Luis Clemente Posada Carriles (February 15, 1928 – May 23, 2018) was a Cuban exile militant and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent. He was considered a terrorist by the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Government of Cuba, among others. Born in Cienfuegos, Cuba, Posada fled to the United States after a spell of anti-Castro activism. He helped organize the Bay of Pigs Invasion, and after it failed, became an agent for the CIA. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis Posada Carriles has received more than 555,643 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Luis Posada Carriles is the 192nd most popular extremist (down from 170th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Cuba (down from 74th in 2019) and the most popular Cuban Extremist.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Luis Posada Carriles ranks 192 out of 283. Before him are Peter Sutcliffe, Guy Burgess, Brigitte Mohnhaupt, John Wesley Hardin, Amelia Dyer, and Ramadan Shalah. After him are Yoo Young-chul, Mohamed Atta, Richard Speck, Stanley Williams, Ross Ulbricht, and Mary Surratt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Luis Posada Carriles ranks 305. Before him are José Bonaparte, Estelle Harris, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Milka Babović, Sisavath Keobounphanh, and Guy Bourdin. After him are Cristina Calderón, Hiroshi Nakajima, Théodore Sindikubwabo, Mikio Sato, Péter Boross, and Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Among people deceased in 2018, Luis Posada Carriles ranks 218. Before him are Robby Müller, Lydia Clarke, Rolf Hoppe, Sabahudin Kurt, Stan Mikita, and Arie den Hartog. After him are Sergey Litvinov, Juan Bautista Agüero, Stanley Cavell, Kim Yong-chun, Mrinal Sen, and Shehu Shagari.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Luis Posada Carriles ranks 81 out of 300. Before him are Pablo Milanés (1943), Manuel Díaz (1874), Félix Rodríguez (1941), Salvador Valdés Mesa (1945), Dave Lombardo (1965), and José Miguel Gómez (1858). After him are Benny Moré (1919), Julio Antonio Mella (1903), Anselmo Alliegro y Milá (1899), Pío Leyva (1917), Ana Mendieta (1948), and Ninón Sevilla (1929).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Cuba

Among extremists born in Cuba, Luis Posada Carriles ranks 1. 

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