Gedda, George

Cuba : the audacious revolution / George Gedda - London: G. Gedda, 2011 - 329 p.; 23 cm

American senators come to town --
The succession --
Transportation woes --
No room to spare --
Socio-economic review --
The Cuban media --
Tough times --
Guns rule --
A small nation thinks big --
A diplomatic link is established --
Committees for the defense --
Afro-Cubans --
Artemisa --
Regla --
Cuba's immigrants --
The militants --
The U.S. and Batista --
Cuban baseball --
Addendum 1. Excerpts from Castro speech in 2003 --
Quotes from Fidel --
Essay on Che --
Addendum 2. The would-be m̌igr -̌-
Leaving --
A security guard's story --
Looking for food --
Shoes --
Misbehaving males --
An insider's critique --
Milk --
Dentist --
Questions --Addendum 3. The photographer.

Chronicles daily and political life in Cuba by a veteran Latin American correspondent who covered the State Department for the Associated Press, including stories and eyewitness accounts of Gedda's over 31 visits to Cuba since 1974.


9781456480226


Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016


Cuba --Historia --1959-1990

107 F 1788 / G295c 2011

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