Cuba

2009

Afterimages

Maurice Isserman

A hundred ways of looking at Che Guevara.
An Empire of Vice

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro

Several new histories trace Cuba's exotic and reviled place in the American political imagination.
Reach Out to Cuba to Heal Guantánamo's Wounds

Marcus Raskin & Joshua Frens-String : Guantanamo Bay

As Obama seeks to remake the US-Cuba relationship, why not form a partnership to transform the prison into a health research center?
Fujimori: Guilty as Charged

Peter Kornbluh : Human Rights

Peru's disgraced former president becomes the first democratically elected head of state to be extradited, tried and convicted of human rights crimes.

Sean Penn Reflects on Chávez and Castro

Brett Story & VideoNation : Foreign Leaders & Political Figures

Actor-director Sean Penn debunks the many myths surrounding Cuba's Raúl Castro and Venezuela's Hugo Chávez.
Conversations With Chávez and Castro

Sean Penn : Hugo Chavez

The Cuban President talks about Obama, Guantánamo and the Pentagon; the Venezuelan President considers human rights and the next US administration.
Waiting for the Next Revolution

Jordana Timerman

After fifty years of revolution, a change of leadership offers the possibility of significant change. But the average Cuban seems to have no idea how to proceed.
Castro and the Colossus

Robert Scheer : Fidel Castro

He caused the Cuban people much suffering, but the giant to the north bears even greater responsibility for the island's plight.
The Day After Fidel

Peter Kornbluh : Fidel Castro

Most authoritarians leave office in a coup or a coffin. Fidel Castro is leaving on his own terms.
Castro Helps Chávez Avert a Coup

History

An excerpt from Fidel Castro: My Life, a spoken autobiography.

The Martyrdom of Che Guevara

Robert Scheer : Argentina

The CIA's role in his assassination managed to turn a failed--and flawed--guerrilla fighter into an enduring symbol of resistance to oppression.
Remembering Vilma Espín

Rosa Miriam Elizalde : Feminism & Women

A Cuban writer pays tribute to Vilma Espín, wife of Raúl Castro and Cuba's first lady, who fought tirelessly for the rights of women in a male-dominated country.
A Dangerous Little Beehive?

Rosa Miriam Elizalde : Theater

A Cuban children's troupe has performed around the globe but finds it almost impossible to enter the United States.
Miami Vise

Max J. Castro : Latinos

Cuban-American moderates are on the rise, but hard-liners still run the show.
A New Stance Toward Havana

Julia E. Sweig : US Foreign Policy

The peaceful transfer of power in Cuba presents an opportunity for the US government to abandon its policy of perpetual hostility.
Watching the Reporters

John Dinges : Journalists & Journalism

After three foreign correspondents are decertified, is Cuba sending a message to the international press corps?
Ferdinand VII

Gore Vidal : History

Whose astonishing wisdom led to preserving a statue of the monstrous Ferdinand VII in Havana?