![]() ![]() He obtained a student visa after an attorney for the family bribed a Batista official to grant him an exit permit. Cruz has stated in interviews that he was jailed by Batista for several days in June or July 1957 and after he was released he applied to and was accepted by the University of Texas (UT) in August 1957. According to Cruz, as a teenager, he "didn't know Castro was a Communist". In September 1956 at age 17, Cruz enrolled at the University of Santiago. He said he joined the Cuban Revolution as a teenager and "suffered beatings and imprisonment for protesting the oppressive regime," of dictator Fulgencio Batista, although an extensive search by the New York Times found no evidence for his claims. Ĭruz attended Arturo Echemendia primary school in Matanzas. His mother, Emilia Laudelina Díaz, was a teacher. His father, also named Rafael Cruz, was a salesman for RCA, originally from the Canary Islands, Spain. Early life Ĭruz was born in Matanzas, Cuba, in 1939. He has served as a surrogate in his son's political campaigns. On June 30, 2015, his book titled- “A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America ” was released, which was later categorized as a bestseller by New York Times.Rafael Bienvenido Cruz y Díaz (born March 22, 1939) is a Cuban-American evangelical preacher and father of Texas U.S.On March 23, 2015, Cruz announced on Twitter that he is going to run for Presidential Elections.On holidays, he loves spending time with his family and invariably plays dominoes with them in the Cuban style.He is always spotted wearing Cowboy Boots everywhere, and upon being asked, he said that he wears them almost anywhere. ![]()
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