Manuel Yepe Menéndez

Cuban journalist and diplomat specializing in international politics. Recognized columnist for multiple Cuban and foreign press outlets. Member of the Union of Cuban Journalists.

Since 1954 he was an insurrectional fighter in Havana as a member of the Youth Brigades of the Movement of July 26 (M-26-7) at the University of Havana. In 1958 he directed the underground magazine of the M-26-7 ACCIÓN, which was published weekly in Havana and identified itself as Organ of Cuban Youth.
He holds degrees in Law, Economics Management, and Social Sciences.

He worked on the reproduction and distribution of Fidel Castro's defense statement as principal defendant for the assaults on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes in Bayamo, known as History Will Absolve Me.
Between April and July 1958 he directed the underground magazine of the M-26-7 named ACCIÓN, which was published weekly in Havana and identified itself as Organ of Cuban Youth. When the Revolution triumphed, he served as provincial vice-coordinator and head of propaganda for the M-26-7 in Matanzas province.

Holding degrees in Law, Economics Management, and Social Sciences, he served as Director of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, Ambassador of Cuba to Romania, General Director of the Prensa Latina news agency, Vice-President of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television, Director of the Guerrillero newspaper of Pinar del Río, National Director of the TIPS project of the UNDP, and member of the Secretariat of the Cuban Movement for Peace.

He defined himself as:
"a Cuban revolutionary in the ranks" and "a Fidelista among the many who participated in the Revolution in the second line and gave their lives to that beautiful political project".

Since 2000 he was a member of the Secretariat of the Cuban Movement for Peace. He was a commentator on international affairs for the newspapers POR ESTO! (2008-June 2020).

He died in Havana, Cuba on May 16, 2022 at the age of 86.