Eugène Godfried

Eugène Edward Godfried Presilia (23 October 1952 – 29 March 2009)^[1] was a black Curaçao-born political activist and broadcaster. Educated in the Netherlands, he earned a degree in social services and spoke many languages, including English, French, Spanish, Papiamento, and Haitian Creole, which aided him as he interviewed foreign dignitaries.^[1] As a leader of the Action Committee for a Socialist Movement he participated in the Anti-Imperialist Organizations of the Caribbean and Central America collective in the 1980s. Godfried was the director of the Caribbean desk at Radio Havana Cuba^[2] and also contributed to Radio Progreso, Radio Rebelde, and Radio Taíno.

Godfried died in Willemstad, at the age of 56, on 29 March 2009, following a stroke on 21 March.^[2]