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"Una revolución no es un camino de rosas. Una revolución es una lucha entre el futuro y el pasado", Fidel Castro. Erigidas como reveladores pilares vocacionales y pronunciadas en respuesta al intento de la Administración estadounidense de aislar a Cuba, las declaraciones de La Habana fueron pronunciadas por Fidel Castro ante millones de cubanos, en la plaza de la Revolución, con el fin de radicalizar y rebelar a la sociedad latinoamericana de...
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Dr. Jeffrey M. Elliot and former Rep. Mervyn M. Dymally here contribute a lengthy, revealing interview with Cuban President Fidel Castro, discussing a wide-ranging series of topics dealing with local and international politics and economics, as well as the future of Cuba, the third world, Central and South America, and the United States.
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Baseball has been as much of a national pastime to Cuba as it has to the U.S., due in no small part to Fidel Castro's love of the game. This book chronicles the central role Castro played in transforming the sport from professional to amateur status in the small island country, which has produced dozens, if not hundreds, of baseball stars.
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Fidel Castro
August 13, 1926 - November 26, 2016.
From revolutionary and symbol of strength to Cold War adversary, Fidel Castro was one of the world's most controversial leaders, and perhaps its most enduring. As Cuba's towering and charismatic president for nearly fifty years, Castro's influential leadership captivated allies and enemies alike. By virtue of passionate oration and committed sense of purpose-good or bad-Castro kept the Cuban people...
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Fidel Castro, one of the world's most controversial leaders, rose to power in Cuba, a large island nation only 90 miles off the coast of Florida. A brilliant and charismatic leader, Castro defied all odds when he led a successful effort to depose the corrupt Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista in the late-1950s. Soon after, Castro began to reshape Cuba into a communist state while allying himself with the United States' Cold War enemy, the Soviet Union....
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In 1959, Fidel Castro took control of the Cuban government and became its new leader. Fidel Castro: Cuban Revolutionary Leader explores the early life of Castro and his rise to power. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards....
7) Fidel Castro: Una guía fascinante de un revolucionario comunista cubano que sirvió como presidente d
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Explore la fascinante historia de Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro. Dependiendo de a quién le pregunte, el nombre puede inspirar repulsión, odio, admiración, incredulidad, temor, o incluso amor. Su historia es una que ha cambiado el curso de la historia del mundo y el rostro de la isla de Cuba.
Castro era más que un simple político. La suya es una historia que involucra viajes heroicos a través de océanos turbulentos, aventuras con mujeres jóvenes...
8) Fidel Castro: A Captivating Guide to a Cuban Communist Revolutionary Who Served as the President of
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Explore the Captivating History of Fidel CastroFidel Castro. Depending on whom you ask, the name can inspire revulsion, hatred, admiration, incredulity, awe, fear, or even love. His story is one that has changed the course of the history of the world and the face of the island of Cuba.Castro was more than just a politician. His is a story that involves heroic voyages through turbulent oceans, affairs with young women from all over the world, spies,...
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In the United States, ninety miles from Cuban shores, tempers flare on the subject of Fidel Castro: some say he is a liberator, some say a dictator. In Fidel, Nestor Kohan and Nahuel Scherma present one of the towering figures of the twentieth-century as he is seen by Latin Americans: as the leader who, for over fifty years, has stood up to the greatest military power in the world, and remained standing.
Here, in Kohan's incisive prose and Scherma's...
Here, in Kohan's incisive prose and Scherma's...
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La Breve historia de Fidel Castro es un repaso histórico de la vida del líder cubano desde la perspectiva de un periodista también cubano que participó activamente en la Revolución y que ha sido testigo directo de muchos de los hechos que cuenta.
En este libro se detallan algunos aspectos oscuros de su vida. Por ejemplo, la implicación de Fidel en la muerte del Che y en la oportuna desaparición de Camilo Cienfuegos. También se describen algunos...
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Cuba es el tema que nos ocupa y su héroe popular, el personaje de todos los tiempos cubanos, Liborio.
El resumen pasado del ilustre Liborio y apearse en la era revolucionaria donde los humoristas bufos no escapan al ostracismo. El régimen se inicia en juicios drásticos y en silenciar disidencia. Pero Liborio impone el sarcasmo contra el proceso llamado revolución.
Pinceladas por historias que resaltan sátiras neurálgicas, crisis de alimentación,...
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In "The Rise and Fall of Fidel Castro," we embark on a journey through the extraordinary life and complex legacy of one of the most iconic and controversial figures of the 20th century. Fidel Castro's impact on Cuba, the Americas, and global politics is the subject of intense debate, and this book delves into the multifaceted dimensions of his leadership, from revolutionary heroism to political controversy.From his early years as a rebellious law...
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1960. As the Cold War reaches its height, so does postwar prosperity, and the American people celebrate their optimism by electing as president the young, charismatic John F. Kennedy. Just 90 miles from the United States, the Cuban people are celebrating the rise of Fidel Castro, their own young and charismatic populist leader who overthrew Batista's oppressive regime. Around the world, a rising tide of Communism is absorbing one country after another....
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Hacer una resena de mi libro en pocas palabras no es simple. Tal vez la gente que nunca ha visitado Cuba no puede entender que quiere decir vivir en un pais donde la persona es "controllada a vista". No se puede vivir sin libertad de palabra, sin poder opinar en publico lo que uno piensa.El protagonista del libro, Jess Yanez Pelletier, hubiera podido evitar todo esto si solo hubiera hecho lo que les habian ordenado, o sea envenenar a Fidel Castro.El,...
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The CIA analyst who tracked Castro for decades explores the mind and motivations of the man who governed Cuba for nearly half a century. On trial in Santiago for leading a bloody assault on the city's Moncada garrison, young revolutionary leader Fidel Castro uttered a phrase in court that would come to serve as a rallying cry for his 26th of July Movement and his regime thereafter: "History will absolve me." Despite the fact that his methods resulted...
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Fidel Castro jailed political prisoners at a higher rate than Stalin during the Great Terror. He murdered more Cubans in his first three years in power than Hitler murdered Germans during his first six. Alone among world leaders, Castro came to within inches of igniting a global nuclear holocaust. But you would never guess any of that from reading the mainstream American media. Instead we hear fawning accounts of Castro liberating Cuba from the clutches...
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Angola 1975-1991 (MMCA) capítulo imperfecto de la revolución cubana, generales desde el Ministerio de Guerra, reciben órdenes de los líderes en estatus de genuflexión a Rusia, es tal, que en el transcurso de esta odisea se les apoda "hermanos Karamazov", en alusión literatura cumbre de la literatura rusa. Aldeas arrasadas en zonas en conflicto.
Liborio, lleva la peor parte, 9 mil caídos, 11 mil mutilados, 37 mil ingresan con calvarios: ETS,...
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Unpardonable Crimes: The Legacy of Fidel Castro presents a series of stories that, although written as fiction, are based on real events told author Celestino Heres by his family and friends. Everyone has a story to tell, and oftentimes there is a story behind a story. Many of the events that actually occurred in Cuba prior to, during, and after the Revolution might never have been made public; this collection attempts to counteract that secrecy....
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On January 26, 1976, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau became the first leader of a NATO country to visit Cuba since the crippling 1960 American economic embargo. Accompanied by his wife, Margaret, and baby Michel, Trudeau was greeted in Havana by 250, 000 cheering Cubans and a 30-foot poster of himself. "Long live Prime Minister Fidel Castro!" Trudeau would famously shout at the love-in. In this fascinating portrait of an unusual relationship between...
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Esta obra es pura ficcin slo en apariencias. Su mdula, real como el Sol, desmiente tal frescura. No, no es acaso muy seria pero s profunda y aunque en esencia divierte, adems, instruye, alerta sobre el acontecer en la Patria de Jos Mart, adalid de nuestra Amrica. Si usted adora a Castro, debe leerla y no lo amar ms. Si odia al Tirano, se arrepentir. Ni eso merece. El odio es cario reducido a la ensima potencia. Hiere menos que el olvido Y tan slo...