Carlos Alberto Taylhardat
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Carlos Alberto Taylhardat | |
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 Carlos Alberto Taylhardat | |
| Born | June 6, 1921 |
| Died | November 21, 2011 (aged 90) |
| Occupation(s) | Naval Captain, Ambassador for Venezuela |
Carlos Alberto Taylhardat (Maracay, June 6, 1921, – Caracas, November 21, 2011), was a Venezuelan naval captain and diplomat. He was the son of Carlos Albert Taylhardat a Venezuelan lawyer. He trained in military school in Italy, until 1942. He was a naval captain in Venezuela for 30 years, and the ambassador of Venezuela to Beirut, Lebanon and Baghdad, Iraq in 1990 to 1994.
Cuban revolution
Taylhardat helped Fidel Castro in 1958 by buying World War II weapons from the United States, to later deliver, via the Venezuelan government, to Castro's revolution in the Sierra Maestra.[1]
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