About this episode

The episode discusses Fidel Castro's attempts to navigate between communism and capitalism during the Cuban Revolution.

Cuba, 1959/1960, and Fidel Castro is desperately trying to walk the middle path.... no communism, no capitalism, just "humanism" - liberty with bread, bread without terror. Meanwhile one of his most s

People in this episode

Hosts: Cameron Reilly, Ray Harris

Topics covered

• Cuban Revolution
• Fidel Castro
• humanism
• political ideology
• liberty
• bread
• Cold War

Keywords

• Cuba
• Fidel Castro
• humanism
• Cold War
• political ideology
• Cuban Revolution
• liberty
• bread

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Places: Cuba

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