Author: Fidel Castro
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : es
Pages : 244

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ISBN: 9789592710528
Category : Cuba
Languages : es
Pages :

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Author: Olivia Miranda Francisco
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789592700499
Category : Science
Languages : es
Pages : 120

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Author: Sebastian Balfour
Publisher: Ediciones Península
ISBN: 9788483078600
Category : Education
Languages : es
Pages : 320

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Esta es la más reciente, completa y actualizada biografía política de Fidel Castro. Biografía política centrada en las decisiones y los procesos de toma de decisión que ha venido practicando desde sus primeras acciones políticas hasta su renuncia al poder.Escrita por un respetado historiador, y con la sabiduría de los anglosajones para construir personajes, este texto se puede leer por todos aquellos que deseen conocer en profundidad a unos de los hombres más destacados de siglo XX.

Author: Juan Carlos Rivera Quintana
Publisher: Ediciones Nowtilus
ISBN: 9788497637640
Category : History
Languages : es
Pages : 0

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?Dicha obra es un itinerario por los avatares existenciales de Fidel, ese patriarca caribeño: de rebelde con causa a gestor y artífice de un proyecto que ilusionó a toda una generación y hoy suscita todo tipo de sentimientos, menos la indiferencia; todo tipo de adhesiones; muchos rechazos y, sobre todo, la diáspora imparable de sus propios protagonistas.? (Blog El Bazar del espectáculo) La historia del controvertido líder que supo unir a un pueblo en un discurso de restauración democrática, para luego, eliminar aliados y perpetuarse a toda costa en el poder. No podemos entender estos últimos sesenta años de historia de América sin sumergirnos en profundidad en la biografía de Fidel Castro y es que los avatares de Cuba y de gran parte de Centroamérica dependen de las decisiones de este líder que ha sabido perpetuarse en el poder confeccionando el castrismo improvisada y pragmáticamente y eliminando a cualquier tipo de oponente, aunque esto suponga acabar con antiguos aliados. Juan Carlos Rivera Quintana no es un autor ajeno a la figura de Castro, es un periodista que estuvo implicado de un modo activo en la Revolución Cubana pero que, hastiado de gobiernos que se petrifican en el ejercicio de poder, abandonó la isla. Esta cercanía al castrismo y al propio Castro es lo que le permite elaborar esta radiografía pormenorizada del dictador cubano en la que saca a la luz aspectos de su vida poco conocidos hasta ahora. Breve Historia de Fidel Castro nos narra, a través de los hitos en la vida del dictador, el proceso por el cual una revolución de base burguesa y tremendamente heterogénea se fue convirtiendo en un cesarismo de base comunista alrededor de la voluntad de Fidel Castro. El periplo del dictador es presentado desde su infancia, en la que se aclara su verdadera fecha de nacimiento, hasta el traspaso de poder de Fidel al único de sus siete hermanos con el que tiene alguna relación, Raúl Castro. Por el camino no olvida Juan Carlos Rivera relatarnos los mayores logros del castrismo así como sus hechos más controvertidos: el asalto al cuartel de Moncada por el que Castro estuvo preso y posteriormente exiliado en México, el desastre del Granma en el que perdieron la vida 70 de los 82 revolucionarios que desembarcaron en Cuba para derrocar a Batista, la victoria ante el imperialismo yanqui en la invasión de Bahía de Cochinos, la crisis de los misiles, pero también las represalias a los opositores, la oportuna desaparición de Camilo Cienfuegos, la implicación de Fidel en el asesinato del Che o el tráfico de drogas coordinado desde el Ministerio del Interior de Cuba. Razones para comprar la obra: - El autor ha estado directamente implicado en la Revolución Cubana y combina las fuentes más fidedignas con su propia experiencia existencial para ilustrar la historia del castrismo. - La perspectiva del autor nos traslada la euforia principal ante la necesaria revolución y el progresivo desencanto ante el anquilosamiento del régimen, que ha sufrido el pueblo cubano estos últimos sesenta años. - La transición de poder cubana en la actualidad y el análisis de las diferencias entre Fidel y Raúl Castro son temas que están de completa actualidad. - No sólo narra los hechos más determinantes de la vida del dictador sino que nos presenta razonados, los procesos sociales que provocaron esos hechos. Una obra que define perfectamente el descenso de la sociedad cubana del optimismo regeneracionista más radical al colapso económico y emocional causado por el dogmatismo ideológico y la esclerosis de un régimen que, desde postulados socialistas, se ha convertido en un espejo de la voluntad de su dirigente.

Author: Ignacio Ramonet
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780307376534
Category : Cuba
Languages : es
Pages : 0

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Ofrece una biografía comprensiva de Fidel Castro, dibujando en entrevistas con el líder para crónica su niñez, enseñar, creencia política, subida a la energía, influencia en el desarrollo del país, y otros asuntos relacionados.

Author: Marie Arana
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1501105019
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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Winner, American Library Association Booklist’s Top of the List, 2019 Adult Nonfiction Acclaimed writer Marie Arana delivers a cultural history of Latin America and the three driving forces that have shaped the character of the region: exploitation (silver), violence (sword), and religion (stone). “Meticulously researched, [this] book’s greatest strengths are the power of its epic narrative, the beauty of its prose, and its rich portrayals of character…Marvelous” (The Washington Post). Leonor Gonzales lives in a tiny community perched 18,000 feet above sea level in the Andean cordillera of Peru, the highest human habitation on earth. Like her late husband, she works the gold mines much as the Indians were forced to do at the time of the Spanish Conquest. Illiteracy, malnutrition, and disease reign as they did five hundred years ago. And now, just as then, a miner’s survival depends on a vast global market whose fluctuations are controlled in faraway places. Carlos Buergos is a Cuban who fought in the civil war in Angola and now lives in a quiet community outside New Orleans. He was among hundreds of criminals Cuba expelled to the US in 1980. His story echoes the violence that has coursed through the Americas since before Columbus to the crushing savagery of the Spanish Conquest, and from 19th- and 20th-century wars and revolutions to the military crackdowns that convulse Latin America to this day. Xavier Albó is a Jesuit priest from Barcelona who emigrated to Bolivia, where he works among the indigenous people. He considers himself an Indian in head and heart and, for this, is well known in his adopted country. Although his aim is to learn rather than proselytize, he is an inheritor of a checkered past, where priests marched alongside conquistadors, converting the natives to Christianity, often forcibly, in the effort to win the New World. Ever since, the Catholic Church has played a central role in the political life of Latin America—sometimes for good, sometimes not. In this “timely and excellent volume” (NPR) Marie Arana seamlessly weaves these stories with the history of the past millennium to explain three enduring themes that have defined Latin America since pre-Columbian times: the foreign greed for its mineral riches, an ingrained propensity to violence, and the abiding power of religion. Silver, Sword, and Stone combines “learned historical analysis with in-depth reporting and political commentary...[and] an informed and authoritative voice, one that deserves a wide audience” (The New York Times Book Review).

Author: Agustín Lage Dávila
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1685900445
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 173

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Examines Cuba’s approach to scientific research, and distinguishes it from that of capitalist societies “Cuba's future must, by necessity, be a future of scientists,” Fidel Castro proclaimed in 1960. As Agustín Lage Dávila shows in this pathbreaking book, Cuba has in fact become a global leader in both the generation and application of scientific knowledge—as demonstrated by its ubiquitous production of socially useful products, from vaccines and medicines, to organic food. Speaking from his position as a noted Cuban immunologist, Dr. Lage shows how Cuba achieved such prominence, positing that the training of its scientists, their scientific practices, and their relationships with the Cuban people are intimately connected to the socialist culture that derived from the Cuban Revolution. Lage offers clearly written and easily understood answers to questions critical to the very survival of humanity. Why is culture critical to science? What distinguishes Cuba’s socialist culture from that of capitalist societies? What are the social responsibilities of scientists? How has Cuba made such incredible scientific advances in the face of the brutal and illegal U.S. blockade? How can a country like Cuba earn needed foreign exchange through the sale of its knowledge-intensive products to countries in the Global North while maintaining its ethical, socialist ideals? Lage’s interrogation of these questions will be of interest to scientists and economic planners around the world, to all those struggling for a better world–and, no doubt, even to those corporations competing with Cuba in global markets.

Author: Andres J. Solares
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456837265
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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This book analyzes the current situation existing in Cuba and describes in detail the real disaster caused in every aspect of Cuban life by the so-called revolution of Fidel Castro, including how it has affected the different components of Cuban society. The author gives a detailed summary of the main indicators of the Cuban economy and society before 1959, when Fidel Castro took power, indicating how they compared favorably at that time with other countries of the world, including many which are considered part of the developed world in our days. The book demystifies numerous aspects of Castro ́s propaganda that his followers have considered as great achievements of his government and puts them in perspective in regard to what Cuba could have had nowadays if it had been ruled by democratically elected governments. The book profusely documents the system of corruption and privilege established in the island and analyzes the obscure role of Castro in a number of important events related to the United States—including references to his links with drug trafficking, money laundering, and the promotion of terrorist activities, among other criminal activities. One of the aspects the book describes in more detail is the lack of political freedom and the repression of independent thinking and free expression existing in the island, which is part of the overall control on everybody ́s lives established by Castro, which is implemented by a gigantic machinery of terror and surveillance. The book describes the role of Cuban military and intelligence in numerous important events of world politics during the past five decades, including their role in Africa, Latin America, and other regions of the world, and it includes some questioning about the possible role of Castro in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy It considers Castro ́s interpretation of foreign policy and the way he has disregarded all norms of international behavior. The book also discusses the case of the enormous debt accumulated by Castro ́s government and how many of these resources have been deviated to well-camouflaged foreign accounts and investments by Castro and some of the top people around him. One of the interesting things about this book is the analysis it makes about the situation of youth, women, and blacks within the present Cuban society and the detailed description about how the people in general live and how this has evolved under Castro ́s tyranny. It also includes an analysis of the exiled Cuban community. Andres Solares discusses the real facts behind Castro ́s long tenure of power and shows the contradictions between what he and his supporters say and the crude reality of what happens in Cuba. His book also enters in details about the degrees of decomposition existing at all levels of the political establishment of this obsolete communist regime. The book describes the enormous damage caused by Castro ́s policies to the environment of the island and the state of destruction of all the main networks of services, as well as the stagnant conditions of the economy. It includes the author ́s views on the different possible scenarios for Cuban political future, once Castro and his brother, one way or another, are no longer able to control Cuba. This book is a strong denouncement of the longest dictatorship that has existed in America, and it serves as an eye-opener for all those who ignore the crude reality of what happens in that beautiful country. It is also a moral message of hope for a better future for the Cuban people. Mr. Solares has used his professional and personal experience, together with his direct knowledge of the Cuban society and economy, to give us a very interesting account of the situation in his country, which will serve those who read it to comprehend better what we can expect there.

Author: Angelo Baracca
Publisher: Springer Science & Business
ISBN: 9401780412
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 453

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This book brings together a broad spectrum of authors, both from inside and from outside Cuba, who describe the development of Cuba's scientific system from the colonial period to the present. It is a unique documentation of the self-organizing power of a local scientific community engaged in scientific research on an international level. The first part includes several contributions that reconstruct the different stages of the history of physics in Cuba, from its beginnings in the late colonial era to the present. The second part comprises testimonies of Cuban physicists, who offer lively insights from the perspective of the actors themselves. The third part presents a series of testimonies by foreign physicists, some of whom were directly involved in developing Cuban physics, in particular in the development of teaching and research activities in the early years of the Escuela de Física. The fourth part of the volume deals with some of the issues surrounding the publishing of scientific research in Cuba. Cuba’s recent history and current situation are very controversial issues. Little is known about the development and status of higher education and scientific research on the island. However, Cuba has one of the highest proportions in the world of people with a university degree or doctorate and is known for its highly developed medical system. This book focuses on a comprehensive overview of the history of the development of one specific scientific discipline: physics in Cuba. It traces the evolution of an advanced research system in a developing country and shows a striking capacity to link the development of modern research with the concrete needs of the country and its population. A little known aspect is the active participation of several “western” physicists and technicians during the 1960s, the role of summer schools, organized by French, Italian, and other western physicists, as well as the active collaboration with European universities.