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Resolution: R-14-0452
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File Number: 14-01180 Final Action Date: 11/20/2014
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION CODESIGNATING
SOUTHWEST 12TH STREET FROM SOUTHWEST 12TH AVENUE TO
SOUTHWEST 14TH AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS "ERNESTO DIAZ MADRUGA
WAY"; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO THE HEREIN DESIGNATED OFFICES.
WHEREAS, at the age of twenty two (22), Ernesto Diaz Madruga was a young worker at the
Central Corazon de Jesus in Cuba, and a member of the "Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil"; and
WHEREAS, Ernesto Diaz Madruga strived for political change in Cuba, but was met with unjust
retribution and ultimately sentenced to twenty (20) years of forced labor imprisonment for his views in
opposition of the communist regime; and
WHEREAS, during his sentence, he resisted the forced labor involved in the Camilo Cienfuegos
Work Plan being imposed upon prisoners, and met an untimely death at the hands of the communist
regime; and
WHEREAS, on August 9, 1964, at the Isla de Pinos, Cuba, Ernesto Diaz Madruga became the
first Martyr of the forced labor camps of Cuba;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by
reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Southwest 12th Street from Southwest 12th Avenue to Southwest 14th Avenue, Miami,
Florida, is codesignated as "Ernesto Diaz Madruga Way."
Section 3. The City Manager is directed to instruct the City Clerk to transmit a copy of this
Resolution to the City of Miami Departments of Police, Fire -Rescue, and Solid Waste, as well as the
Miami -Dade County Public Works/Waste Management Department and the United States Postal
Service.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{1}
Footnotes:
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{1} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10)
calendar days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it
shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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