 Bernardo Benes

Dr. Bernardo Benes Baikowitz (27 December 1934 in Matanzas, Cuba – 14 January 2019 in Miami, Florida) was a prominent Jewish Cuban lawyer, banker, journalist and civic leader, who was responsible for freeing 3,600 Cuban political prisoners in 1978.Bernardo Benes Baikowitz was born on December 27, 1934, in Mantanzas, Cuba, to Boris Benes and Dora Baikowitz.