Draws from hundreds of interviews with a wide range of sources to examine the life and career of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and includes four extensive interviews with Castro.
National Public Radio's Andrei Codrescu and photographer David Graham record their impressions of Cuba's people, culture, economy, language, religion, and morals.
Traces the life of Naty Revuelta, a socialite who became so involved with Castro and his cause that she remained on the island after her husband and daughter immigrated to the U.S., bore his child, and was ultimately dismissed by the dictator; and provides insight into conditions in Cuba during the twentieth century.
A memoir about Alma Guillermoprieto who left New York in 1970 to teach at Cuba's National School of Dance. Alma taught students in mirrorless studios amidst chronic shortages and revolutionary upheaval. She soon discovered that dance held a historical significance to the people of Cuba.
Traces the history of Cuba from its discovery by Columbus to the present day and discusses its economy, social structure, culture, and government under the Castro regime.