Vargas Gómez, Andrés, 1915-

Andrés Vargas Gómez, Cuban diplomat, lawyer and former political prisoner was born in Havana, Cuba on May 4, 1915. He graduated from the School of Law at the University of Havana in 1944 with pre-law courses at Tulane University, New Orleans, La. From 1936 to 1959 Vargas Gómez held a number of political appointments. He left Cuba for the United States when the communist regime took over and was part of exile organizations against the Cuban government. He participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion and was taken prisoner. He remained in prison for twenty one years. In 1984 Vargas Gómez returned to Miami Fla. where he joined several newspapers as a columnist.