Cuban Revolution

...A.R. Rehman, Resul Pookutty and Gulzar will be honoured at the fest. Mohannan said the IFFK will commemorate the 50th year of the Cuban revolution by showcasing nine Cuban films in the 'Country Focus' section. A retrospective on legendary...

In this article: International Film Festival of India, International Film Festival of Kerala, K.R. Mohanan, Oscar, Malayalam films, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Mrinal Sen, Raoul Peck, and Mikio Naruse

...to Communist China but not to Communist Cuba without a special license from the American government. Maybe it's because during the Cuban Revolution a lot of American property was confiscated by the Castro regime. Hotels, vacation homes,...

In this article: Publix, Comcast, Stanford University, Fort Lauderdale, World War II, Suor Angelica, and Victoria's Secret

...has little to show F ifty years after Fidel Castro took power in Cuba, the big question about the Cuban revolution is not whether it was justified, but whether it was worth it. From all available evidence, it wasn't. A dispassionate look...

In this article: Cuba, Raul Castro, Democracy, Fidel Castro, U.S., and Internet mail

Q & A | Lars Schoultz: U.S. and the Cuban Revolution President Raul Castro and the Cuban government celebrated the 50th anniversary of their revolution Thursday night in a nostalgic but low-key event that was far removed from the triumphant...

In this article: Gorki Aguila, United States, Raul Castro, Cuba, Rum, Trademark, and Miami, Florida

...a half in Mexico (1955-1956), after being amnestied from prison . Fidel briefly visited the United States during his tenure in exile to raise support for the Cuban revolution. Since the revolution, prominent exiled figures have included...

In this article: Fidel Castro, United States, Cuba, Miami, Florida, Usaid, Raul Castro, Democracy, Cuban Missile Crisis, and CIA

...British and French sections of the IC). This was largely a result of their mutual support for Ernest Mandel and Joseph Hansen 's resolution Dynamics of World Revolution Today and for the Cuban Revolution. This document distinguished between...

In this article: Fourth International, Leon Trotsky, SWP, Capitalism, Comintern, Ernest Mandel, and Joseph Stalin

...participated in the Castro-led July 26, 1953, attack on the Moncada military barracks in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba that began the Cuban revolution. He and the Castros were imprisoned after the ill-fated attack. Following a...

In this article: Juan Almeida, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Cuba, Communist Party, Granma, Reuters, and Havana

...has described Valladares as a traitor. Cuban officials allege that Valladares was a former member of the secret police of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, who was toppled by the 1959 Cuban revolution. In 2004, Felipe Perez Roque, Minister of...

In this article: Armando Valladares, Fulgencio Batista, Ronald Reagan, Proposition 8, Fidel Castro, Cuba, Conscience, Communism, and United Nations Human Rights Commission

...del Toro. The film, due to be released in the UK on February 20, follows on from Che Part One which followed the Argentinian doctor's role in the Cuban revolution during which he became Fidel Castro's chief lieutenant. In the second...

In this article: Benicio del Toro, Che Guevara, Steven Soderbergh, CIA, Fidel Castro, UK, and Latin America

...from Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico, in 1956. The 1956 landing of Castro from the ''Granma in western Cuba launched the Cuban Revolution which resulted in the overthrow of President Fulgencio Batista in 1959. Collado Abreu joined the Cuban Navy in...

In this article: Fidel Castro, Norberto Collado Abreu, Granma, Cuba, Fulgencio Batista, Tuxpan, Veracruz, Havana, and Mexico