Fidel Does America – Cold War 307 (Cuban Revolution #32)

About this episode

The episode discusses Fidel Castro's charm offensive in the United States and the political dynamics involving Eisenhower and the CIA's plans against him.

Fidel is the newly installed as Prime Minister of Cuba — and immediately does on a charm offensive to the United States, where he wows crowds, spars with Richard Nixon, and somehow convinces a CIA analyst he's basically anti-communist. Meanwhile, back in Washington, Eisenhower is conveniently playing golf... and quietly ordering the CIA to start planning Castro's removal.

People in this episode

Hosts: Cameron Reilly, Ray Harris

Topics covered

• Cuban Revolution
• Cold War
• U.S.-Cuba relations
• Political diplomacy
• CIA operations

Keywords

• Fidel Castro
• Richard Nixon
• CIA
• Eisenhower
• Cuba
• Cold War
• political diplomacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA

Places: Cuba, United States

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