Chris Marker, the best-known author of unknown movies Aug 31, 2008
For another, he's made films on subjects as diverse as the Helsinki Olympics (his first film, "Olympia 52," 1952), the Cuban Revolution ("Cuba, Si!," 1961), and Yves Montand ("The Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer," 1974). It's characteristic, then, that his most famous film may be his least typical. (Boston Globe)
The tastiest treats at TIFF's bountiful banquet Aug 24, 2008
A fine first half (the Cuban revolution. is followed by a weaker second film, as Guevara and the plot run out of momentum. (Globe and Mail)
The Cuba experience Aug 19, 2008
Arriving in Havana on April 28, they didn't have to wait long to see evidence of the 1959 Cuban Revolution, when Fidel Castro seized power from President Fulgencio Batista. "The road (leaving the airport) looked like it was ready to be a battleground, if necessary," said Lashley in a phone interview last week. (Durango Herald)
Che's ex-wife on rebel's transformation Aug 13, 2008
Gadea introduced Guevara to other exiles, including four Cubans who participated with Fidel and Raul Castro in an unsuccessful 1953 armed attack that launched the Cuban revolution. The other attackers were arrested along with the Castros, or killed. (MSNBC -- International)
Opinion: Cuba's bold shift to a postsocialist era Aug 12, 2008
- In an address to the National Assembly a few weeks ago, Cuba's new president, Ral Castro, announced the latest and most profound ideological shift in the five-decade-long history of the Cuban Revolution ... He is writing a history of the Cuban Revolution. (Christian Science Monitor)
LETTER: We should be drilling for oil here and now Aug 5, 2008
Castro also complained that Obama views the Cuban revolution as "anti-democratic" and that Obama makes the "exact same" arguments used by U.S. administrations "to justify their crimes against our country. ". even steven wrote on Aug 4, 2008 3:56 PM:" Fortunately, oil companies are drilling up in North Dakota as I type this. The Bakken formation is estimated to hold between 200 and 400 billion barrels. A new refinery is going to be built in North Dakota as well. There are quite a few new... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Swimming Ponies, Greece Burns, More Aug 2, 2008
Santiago de Cuba, , July 25, 2008 Students commemorate the anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban revolution by re-enacting a 1953 rebel attack. Fifty-five years ago Cuban president Raul Castro and his brother, retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro, led a July 26 assault on the city's Moncada army barracks. (National Geographic)
Cuba's two paths Jul 31, 2008
Javier Galeano/The Associated Press President Raul Castro addresses a crowd of thousands during the celebration of the Cuban Revolution in Santiago de Cuba, on July 26, 2008 ... When President Ral Castro spoke last week at the old military garrison where he and his older brother Fidel began the Cuban revolution 55 years ago, the younger Castro looked minuscule compared with the outsize banner looming over him of his bearded predecessor. (International Herald Tribune)
Chavez Letter to Castro Says Bush Aims to Relive Cold War, Spread Fear Jul 29, 2008
Chavez made his comments in a to Cuba's on the 55th anniversary of an assault by Cuban revolutionaries on the Moncada Barracks on July 26, 1953. The attack is considered to mark the start of the Cuban Revolution. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Cuba staying armed, Raul Castro tells U.S. He says it makes no difference... Jul 28, 2008
Amid anticipation that he would use the speech to unveil fresh reforms, Castro instead focused on the past as he spoke to thousands of supporters in front of the Moncada military complex, where a band of rebels led by he and his brother Fidel launched an attack 55 years ago, planting the seeds for the 1959 Cuban revolution. "When we attacked the Moncada, none of us dreamed of being here today," Castro said in Santiago, 535 miles southeast of Havana, the de-facto capital of the island's eastern... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
No Reforms On Cuba's Revolution Day Jul 27, 2008
Find out more about the communist country and the fiery leader who led the Cuban Revolution ... Castro also highlighted the past to thousands of supporters in front of the Moncada military complex, where rebels led by his brother Fidel launched an attack 55 years ago and planted the seeds for the 1959 Cuban revolution. (CBS News)
Cuban reforms create goodwill Jul 27, 2008
The Cuban revolution has long prided itself on its attempt to produce an egalitarian society, where professionals like doctors earned almost the same as factory workers. There may be no signs of any move towards greater democracy, but the economic controls are starting to ease. (BBC News -- Americas)
Sixteen bombs hit India's Ahmedabad Jul 27, 2008
The speech marking the 55th anniversary of the start of the Cuban revolution broke little new ground as Castro stressed austerity for Cuba and appeared to dampen rising expectations. Bosnia threatened with break-up. (Mirror.co.uk)
Raul Castro dashes expectations for new reforms Jul 27, 2008
The speech marking the 55th anniversary of the start of the Cuban revolution broke little new ground as Castro stressed austerity for Cuba and appeared to dampen rising expectations. Cubans had said they hoped Castro would say more about how far and how fast he wants to take Cuba down the road of reform. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
A pioneer in online retail branches out Jul 26, 2008
Her father, a Spaniard who grew up during the Spanish Civil War, and her mother, who witnessed Castro's victory in 1959 in the Cuban revolution, encouraged their children to broaden their horizons and embrace the outside world. "It was very important for them that we grew up as international as we could," Busquets said. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Classic cars mark Cuban revolution Jul 21, 2008
In Havana, dozens of classic cars have gathered for a rally to commemorate the start of the Cuban revolution. The rally marked the 55th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada barracks, orchestrated by Fidel and Raul Castro. (BBC News)
Gilberto Leon, 87, owned LA cigar shop for 29 years Jul 19, 2008
Later, he opened his own shop but sold it in 1959 during the Cuban revolution, certain that his property would be seized by the new Marxist government. He went back to the cigar factory until Cuba's new leader, Fidel Castro, sent him to work without pay in the sugar cane fields. (Boston Globe)
Culture: A Myth Dies In Colombia Jungle Jul 8, 2008
FARC's program to establish a communist state mimics what Che, Fidel Castro and the other brutal thugs of the Cuban Revolution did in 1959. Castro, of course, knows this very well. (Investors Business Daily)
Dr. Jose Ricard: A Memory from Herd Insider Jul 6, 2008
He graduated from the University of Havana Medical School and then fought in the Cuban Revolution against a man he would later work for, as Fidel Castros personal physician ... During the Cuban revolution of the late 1950s, Ricard was drafted into the Cuban National Army to fight against Castro and the socialist insurgents ... These days, Ricard reflects on the similarities of the Cuban revolution and todays guerrilla warfare. (Goherd.com)
The reality behind the revolution Jun 27, 2008
When it was first shown in the US in the early 1970s, it was interpreted by some American critics as an attack on the Cuban revolution, with Sergio as a beleaguered hero representing the plight of the wronged middle class ... Guti;rrez directed one, This Land of Ours, on the subject of agrarian reform, and shortly afterwards became one of the founding members of the ICAIC (Instituto Cubano del Arte y la Industria Cinematogr;ficos) when it was set up only 83 days after the Cuban revolution. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Dancer risked life to escape Jun 22, 2008
But after he began learning about the outside world through a friend's illegal Internet connection, Bandera, a former Communist, grew disillusioned with the Cuban revolution. "I started realizing that everything is a lie, that we were trapped," Bandera said. (AZCentral -- News)
Fidel appears on TV Jun 18, 2008
The leader of the Cuban revolution was last seen in video and pictures when Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited on 16 January. AFP Digg | | | | | | Copyright 2002-2008 iafrica. (iAfrica.com)
Castro, Chavez make TV appearance Jun 18, 2008
The leader of the Cuban revolution was last seen in video and pictures when Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited on January 16. State media earlier reported that the former president had "animated and friendly" talks about world affairs for three hours with Chavez. (India Times, India)
5 Cubans Await Their Fate Jun 17, 2008
Find out more about the communist country and the fiery leader who led the Cuban Revolution. (CBS) Almost nine years after their arrest on charges of spying on the U.S., five Cubans are awaiting an appeals court ruling. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Filling up for a bit less Jun 16, 2008
Cuban, a lawyer and brother of Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, ticks off example after example of athletes who have had financial troubles on his blog, The Cuban Revolution (briancuban. com). (Boston Globe)
Argentina unveils belated homage to fighter Guevara Jun 15, 2008
"We're sure that many more revolutionaries will come from this land, inspired by your example," Bolivian student Erwin Machado said in Santa Clara, the city in central Cuba that Guevara "liberated" in 1958 in the decisive battle of the Cuban revolution. Guevara's daughter, Aleida Guevara, arrived in Rosario to cheers and chants of "Viva!" yesterday when she visited a makeshift campsite set up for the anniversary celebrations. (Boston Globe)
'CHE WHAT?' AT CANNES May 26, 2008
May 26, 2008 -- BENICIO DEL TORO won the best-actor award at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday for his performance as Che Guevara - and promptly saluted the controversial Marxist hero, who was a commander in Fidel Castro's Cuban revolution. "I'd like to dedicate this to the man himself, Che Guevara," Del Toro told the audience at yesterday's awards ceremony. (New York Post)
Clint Eastwood film shut out... May 26, 2008
The four and a half hour portrait of Ernesto Guevara, the Argentine doctor who became a leader of the Cuban revolution, sharply divided the critics, whose support will be crucial to its chances. Similarly no American buyers had yet materialized for two other highly anticipated U.S. films, Charlie Kaufman's "Synecdoche, New York," and James Gray's "Two Lovers," both of which also received mixed verdicts from the critics and were passed over by the jury. (The Drudge Report)
Colombia's Rebel Patriarch Is Dead May 26, 2008
But although Marulanda was originally inspired by the Cuban Revolution, he was never the committed communist Castro became, a fact that always kept relations between the two surprisingly cool. "Marulanda doesn't read Mao," his biographer, Arturo Alape, told TIME in the 1998. (Time.com)
Soderbergh challenges Cannes with new film May 23, 2008
It dispenses with many cliches of the biopic, offering virtually no insight into the origin of Ches brand of humanism, instead presenting impressionistic glimpses of Ches idealism in action during the Cuban revolution and his attempt to foment a similar transformation in Bolivia. advertisement. (MSNBC -- News)
Shooting a revolutionary an epic task for 'agnostic' Soderbergh May 23, 2008
" asked another critic at the end of Steven Soderbergh's four-hour-and-18 minute Spanish-language epic, Che.The luxury of revolution at a fictional distance is that you're allowed more room for equivocation. The action-packed first half of the film, starring Benicio del Toro as the revolutionary leader, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, covers Guevara's role in the Cuban revolution. In the intermission, the journalists at the Palais were handed chicken sandwiches and water bottles to fortify themselves for... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
'Che Guevara' fights back May 23, 2008
Del Toro, Soderbergh and co-producer Laura Bickford drummed up European funds, for what was first supposed to be a two-hour movie based in Bolivia on Guevara's botched attempt to export the Cuban revolution to the rest of Latin America. But when the director originally signed up also quit, Soderbergh decided to take the helm while adding more footage. (iAfrica.com)
Che sells out, while Turgoose causes a stir May 18, 2008
Part one is The Argentine, which charts Che Guevara's involvement in the Cuban Revolution and will open in September, followed by Guerrilla, which focuses on the revolutionary's life in Bolivia in the years leading up to his death. Benicio del Toro stars. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Raul Castro's daughter runs gay rally May 18, 2008
Defending equal rights for Cubans, of all sexual orientations, is a key principal of the Cuban revolution led by her uncle Fidel Castro, who overthrew dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959, she said. "The freedom of sexual choice and gender identity (are) exercises in equality and social justice," she said. (MSNBC -- International)
The Presidency of William McKinley May 17, 2008
Though McKinley opposed the call for war among the American people (for he had been attempting to negotiate with Spain since 1897), he could not stop Congress from declaring support for the Cuban revolution in April of 1898. Over the following 109 days, America dominated the war on all fronts on which it was fought - which consisted of all Spanish territories overseas - Cuba, the Phillipines, Guam and Puerto Rico. (Suite101.com)
Dowagiac Lions Club feeds 13 Union High high honors students May 17, 2008
In fact, Aislinn introduced the storyteller born in Havana whose family fled the Cuban revolution and wound up in Decatur, Ga. in 1964. (Dowagiac News, MI)
Up Close and Public May 16, 2008
The Cuban revolution likewise was far more about dislike of being messed about by the Ynnqui big brother, like Haiti, than about admiration for Marx and Engels. China was the most spectacular example of hostility to western domination-- with a thin communist veneer adopted to get aid from the USSR, now being discarded insofar as it is incompatible with traditional Chinese Confucian centralized bureaucracy. (Townhall.com)
Storyteller weaves small details into large lessons about life May 16, 2008
where her family fled in 1963 to escape the Cuban revolution, "I grew up hearing stories in two languages.". After a few months in Mexico, her family arrived in the United States the same month as the Beatles, February 1964. (Dowagiac News, MI)
Yes we Cannes! Indiana Jones meets "Blindness" May 14, 2008
The first film follows the young Argentine doctor (Benicio del Toro) as he rises to international fame during the Cuban revolution, while the second traces his final, fatal effort to launch a continent-wide revolution from the Bolivian jungle. It all sounds fascinating, and more than a little arduous. (Salon)
Cuba embraces golf to boost tourism May 13, 2008
Xanadu Club HouseThe only new golf course since the Cuban revolution was opened in 1998 at Cuba's prime resort of Varadero after the country opened up to foreign investment and tourism in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union. The 18-hole Varadero Golf Club is on the grounds of Xanadu, a seaside mansion built by U.S. chemical industry millionaire Irenee du Pont. (MSNBC -- Travel)
The political is personal for Havana-born Garcia May 9, 2008
"I grew up in a family that was very bitterly divided by the Cuban revolution. My maternal grandmother was a staunch supporter of Castro, and my father's side of the family was the opposite. It was a very, very politically charged atmosphere, and I breathed it in like oxygen.". Garcia visited Cuba for the first time as an adult in 1984 and went back several times in the 1990s. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
* Despite reduced slate, Hollywood adds star power to Cannes May 9, 2008
The Argentine focuses on the Cuban revolution, from the moment Fidel Castro, Guevara and other revolutionaries landed on the Caribbean island, until they toppled the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista two years later. The second movie, Guerrilla, will focus on the years following the Cuban revolution, beginning with Ches trip to the UN head-quarters in New York in 1964, until his death in the Bolivian mountains in 1967. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
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Jon Heyman: Cuban Revolution. Maverick Mavs owner couldbe a hit withCubs - Jon Heyman - SI.com. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
From Castro's jails to the Derby owners box May 3, 2008
From Castro's jails to Ky. Derby owners box - Horse Racing - nbcsports. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Social Reforms In Cuba Only Extend So Far May 2, 2008
Find out more about the communist country and the fiery leader who led the Cuban Revolution. Stories. (CBS News)
2008 May Day Rallies May 2, 2008
A New Cuban Revolution. Cuban leader Raul Castro, younger brother of the revolutionary Fidel Castro, has promised a great deal of social reform for this nation. (CBS News)
Cubans gather for May Day rally May 2, 2008
Workers waved Cuban flags and posters of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, the late Argentine-Cuban revolutionary leader, and banners reading "Unity, Firmness and Victory" ... Salvador Valdes, leader of Cuba's Workers' Union, the only union in the one-party state, told the rally: "Let us ratify our decision to continue on the path set out by the founder of the Cuban revolution, comrade Fidel [Castro].". (Aljazeera.Net)
Sowing interest among Cubans Apr 20, 2008
The United States put an economic embargo on business with the country in 1962, three years after the 1959 Cuban Revolution. But beginning in October 2000, U.S. companies were allowed to sell agricultural, food and medical products to the country. (Albany Times Union)
April 17 A&E Calendar Apr 17, 2008
lecture "The Cuban Revolution and Agriculture," with "New International" magazine editor Mary-Alice Waters, 6:30 p.m., Gallery, ISU Memorial Union, free. "Pearls, Politics and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead," with former Vermont governor and ambassador to Switzerland Madeleine Kunin, 7:30 p.m., Great Hall, ISU Memorial Union, free. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Party: No Room in Cuba for 'Subversion' Apr 17, 2008
The editorial says that "the Cuban revolution is not a house of cards, but rather an impregnable fortress.". Recent reforms include letting Cubans buy cellular phones and DVD players and stay in tourist hotels. (Newsmax)
Burt Glinn, Magnum Photographer, Dies Apr 13, 2008
American photographer Burt Glinn, from the Magnum agency, speaks before the opening of a photography exhibit titled 'Joyous Revolution' of pictures taken during the first days of the Cuban Revolution in Havana, Cuba, in this Jan. 9, 2001 file photo. Glinn, a photojournalist who covered key historical moments of the Cold War while working with the Magnum Photos agency, including Fidel Castro's 1959 march on Havana and Nikita Khrushchev's visit to the U.S. that year, has died. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Chain reactionThe lethal legacy of a Colombian political killing 60 years on Apr 10, 2008
His first experience of political violence would prove formative in the Cuban Revolution launched several years later ... " As the conflict between the Farc and the state drags on, others believe the anniversary of Gaitan's assassination should serve as pause for thought. "There's an attempt at denial, in the sense of showing that there's no continuity between 9 April and the post-1960s violence," says Mr Pizarro. "But there is more continuity than we want to recognise, despite the change from... (BBC News -- Americas)
Cuba Tackles Transgenderism Apr 3, 2008
During the Cuban Revolution, homosexuals were often sent to forced labor camps for reeducation and rehabilitation if they were found by authorities. While the camps were not in use very long, gays were still labeled ideological deviants, as reports. (Suite101.com)
Cuba Allows Citizens To Stay In Hotels Apr 1, 2008
Even if few Cubans can take advantage of the new rule, it eliminates a glaring historical contradiction within the Cuban revolution ... Even if few Cubans can take advantage of the new rule, it eliminates a glaring historical contradiction within the Cuban revolution. (CBS News -- World)
Cuba changes, one microwave at a time Mar 27, 2008
Are microwaves start of a Cuban revolution. Government pilot project has fueled hopes for computers, phones and more. (MSNBC -- International)
Leftwing activists flock to Venezuela to soak up the socialist 'revolution' Mar 25, 2008
It's what Havana was in the early days of the Cuban revolution. It's what Chiapas, Mexico, became for a time in the 1990s when "Subcomandante Marcos" launched an armed struggle to help the indigenous people there a magnet for socialists and students, radicals and revolutionaries, leftists and a few Hollywood luminaries. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Cuban press focuses more on country's problems Mar 16, 2008
"The Cuban revolution needs analytical and investigative journalism that can help solve the central issues of today's society," Rolando Alfonso, head of the party's ideology department, told reporters on Thursday. Granma is named after the yacht Fidel Castro and his guerrillas used to land in Cuba in 1956 to launch an uprising that ousted U.S. backed dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and turned Cuba into a Soviet ally. (AlertNet)
Raul Castro Succeeds Fidel as President of Cuba Mar 15, 2008
Ram;n Machado Ventura, 77, fought in the Sierra Maestra with the Castro brothers during the Cuban Revolution ... "But Machado is a man of the revolution. He is a historic figure capable of continuing the Cuban Revolution.". (Yahoo News -- Cuba)
Cuba's Revolution Of Rising Expectations Mar 15, 2008
Find out more about the communist country and the fiery leader who led the Cuban Revolution. Fast Facts. (CBS News -- World)
Letters to the Editor • Don't be pessimistic about our nation Mar 9, 2008
Many politicians before Mr. Obama have promised "a chicken in every pot," and after the Cuban revolution in 1959 what, if anything, may Fidel Castro have promised the Cuban people. Was Mr. Godoy so disillusioned with this revolution's reformation that he left his native Cuba in 1961. (The Augusta Chronicle)
What the FARC? Mar 5, 2008
The FARC is part of a wave of Marxist-Leninist rebel groups that rose after Castro's Cuban revolution in 1959. But those groups didn't share exactly the same political ideologies or strategies for reaching their goals. (Slate)
NEWSWEEK: International Editions: Highlights and Exclusives, March 10, 2008 Mar 3, 2008
"So as long as the founder of the Cuban revolution is around ... two things will be clear. First, Raul will be barely able to budge on even the modest economic or regulatory reforms he hopes, somewhat naively, will put food back on Cubans' tables. Second, the younger Castro will be unable to replace the old guard in the top jobs with members of a younger generation," writes Castaneda. Arab-America's Store. (PR Newswire)
COLIN MCMAHON: In Latin America, Castro proves a hard act to follow Mar 3, 2008
"There is just not the same kind of atmosphere today," said Peter Hakim, who runs the think tank Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, D.C. "The kind of revolutionary violence that we saw is now all but gone. ... And the military, or the political right, has really given up the authoritarian option."That is not to say that the conditions that drove the Cuban Revolution have disappeared in Latin America and the Caribbean ... "When the Cuban revolution took place, you had not only the Cold War... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
* Cuba signs long-snubbed UN human rights pacts Mar 1, 2008
The signing "formalizes and reaffirms Cuba's commitment to the rights protected in both instruments, which my country has been systematically implementing since the time of the Cuban revolution in 1959," he said after conferring with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. "The act of signing both covenants responds to a sovereign decision of the Cuban government.". (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Cuba signs human rights accords Feb 29, 2008
After meeting Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, he said the signing "formalises and reaffirms Cuba's commitment to the rights protected in both instruments which my country has been systematically implementing since the time of the Cuban revolution in 1959. "The act of signing both covenants responds to a sovereign decision of the Cuban government. "Cuba has never acted nor will act under pressure.". (Aljazeera.Net)
