Manuel Piñeiro Losada (1933 – 1998). Cuban political and military figure, a leading character of the Cuban Revolution, as the first head of Fidel Castro's security apparatus (known as Dirección General de Inteligencia, DGI).
Piñeiro was the Cuban DGI chief from 1961–1964. He then became Deputy Minister of the Interior in charge of the state security apparatus from 1964–1968. A Soviet reorganization of the DGI forced Piñeiro out of his position and he was then placed in charge of the DGI's Latin American affairs division.
- "... known as Barba Roja (Spanish: "red beard")." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Pi%C3%B1eiro
- "A couple of months later, Lorna spotted this red-haired guy near Juilliard. He was Cuban, and his name was Manuel." https://www.npr.org/.../dance-dance-revolution-when-an...
- "Brown-eyed and sporting red hair, thick red eyebrows, freckles and a red beard, he received the nickname “Barbaroja” (Redbeard)." https://cubaconfidential.wordpress.com/.../manuel.../
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