[2] Following his involvement in the failed coup d'état of August 30, 1962 [es], he fled to the United States with his American wife Helen Bigger.
As Minister of the Treasury, López made concerted efforts to work with American companies, hoping to gain the interest of foreign investors.
According to one source, "Cuban Minister of Finances Rufo Lopez Fresquet told Bohemia magazine, 'I met more than 220 presidents of US corporations... Eastern, Pan American, Pepsi-Cola, Sinclair, Remington Rand, National Can and many other US corporations [were] interested in Cuba."
[6] In 2005, Rufo Lopez-Fresquet was portrayed in the movie The Lost City by actor Carlos Menendez.
[7] López had three sons, Antonio, Victor, and Miguel, and died in 1983 in Stockton, California.