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{{Short description|Korean Cuban (1926–2006)}}

'''Jeronimo Lim Kim''' (1926–2006)<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190403000578|title=Tracing Korean diaspora through unsung hero|first=The Korea|last=Herald|date=April 3, 2019|website=www.koreaherald.com}}</ref> was a Cuban who was known for being a part of the [[Cuban Revolution]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2020/02/the-asi-plays-with-its-own-history-11th-minnesota-cuban-film-festival-opens/|title=The ASI plays with its own history; 11th Minnesota Cuban Film Festival opens|date=February 27, 2020|website=MinnPost}}</ref> He was a law school classmate of [[Fidel Castro]].<ref name="auto"/>

==Early life==
Jeronimo's father, Lim Cheon-taek (1903–1985), left Korea in hope of a better life to go to Mexico.<ref name="auto1"/> From Mexico, Cheon-taek went to Cuba in 1921.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2018/01/19/Korean-Cubans-grapple-with-the-legacy-of-a-divided-country/6191516349497/|title=Korean Cubans grapple with the legacy of a divided country|website=UPI}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/> Jeronimo was the oldest of six children. He was the first Korean to attend university in Cuba.<ref name="auto2"/> He went to law school at [[Havana University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/josephjuhn/jeronimo-the-documentary-fundraising-for-post-prod|title=Documentary About Koreans in Cuba - Fundraising for Post-pro|website=Kickstarter}}</ref>

==Cuban Revolution==
Jeronimo worked with Che Guevara in pushing forth the Cuban Revolution.<ref name="auto2"/> He helped foster relations between North Korea, and as a result North Korea and Cuba became strong allies.<ref name="auto2"/>

==Legacy and later life==
Jeronimo became the Chief Agent at the [[National Revolutionary Police Force]]. He was said to be a non-ideologue who only wanted his people to do better.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://koreaexpose.com/koreans-cuba-jeronimo-lim/|title=In Search of Koreans in Cuba: A Tale of Jeronimo Lim|date=March 27, 2017}}</ref>  Some have labeled Jeronimo to be the Cuba's [[Ahn Chang-ho]].<ref name="auto3"/> 

Jeronimo is the subject of a documentary titled ''Jeronimo: The Untold Tale of Koreans in Cuba''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jeronimothemovie.com/|title=Jeronimo: The Untold Tale of Koreans in Cuba|website=jeronimothemovie.com}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Koreans in Cuba]]
*[[Koreans in Mexico]]

==References==
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{{Ethnic groups in Cuba}}
{{Cuba topics|DP}}
{{Korean diaspora}}

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[[Category:Cuban revolutionaries]]
[[Category:Cuban police officers]]
[[Category:University of Havana alumni]]
[[Category:1926 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category:Cuban people of Korean descent]]
[[Category:Cuba–North Korea relations]]


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