About this episode

The episode discusses the explosion of the La Coubre munitions ship in Havana Harbour and Castro's immediate blame towards Washington.

A Belgian munitions ship called La Coubre blows up in Havana Harbour, killing somewhere between 75 and 100 people.... and Castro immediately points the finger at Washington, which is awkward given tha

People in this episode

Hosts: Cameron Reilly, Ray Harris

Topics covered

• Cuban Revolution
• Havana Harbour
• Castro
• Cold War
• explosions
• political blame

Keywords

• Cuban Revolution
• La Coubre
• Havana
• Castro
• Washington
• explosion
• Cold War

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: La Coubre

Places: Havana, Washington

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