Career
Later he served as Cuba"s ambassador to the United Nations (1992-1994) replacing Ricardo Alarcón. Mr. Hidalgo graduated from the University of Havana with a degree in journalism. He was editor-in-chief of the Cuban newspaper Trabajadores.
Later he served as Cuba"s ambassador to the United Nations (1992-1994) replacing Ricardo Alarcón. Mr. Hidalgo graduated from the University of Havana with a degree in journalism. He was editor-in-chief of the Cuban newspaper Trabajadores.
He defected to the United States in 2002 and claimed that "virtually every member of Castro"s United Nations mission is an intelligence agent." "Cuba is, pure and simple, a dictatorship each day more devoid of the attributes that once made it attractive.".