The 1959 Cuban revolution was in direct response to the coup in 1952 launched by Fulgencio Batista which overthrew an emerging Cuban democracy and replacing it with his dictatorship. Young Fidel Castro first tried to oppose military coup by legal means Among those who opposed the coup was a young lawyer called Fidel Castro whoContinue reading “Why does the United States have it in for Cuba so badly and for so long?”
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Cuba and New Zealand: a relationship worthy of strengthening
Cuba and Aotearoa New Zealand have some similarities as small island nations (in different hemispheres) and with small populations (over 11,000 and 5,000 respectively). On the other hand, geographically they are far apart and with different political, economic and cultural histories. The dynamic of the Cuban Revolution (including its earlier revolutionary movements) is central toContinue reading “Cuba and New Zealand: a relationship worthy of strengthening”
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