Cartas Del PresidioPublicAffairs, 9 févr. 2007 - 184 pages Early in Ann Louise Bardach's Cuban voyage she came across Cartas de Presidio or The Prison Letters of Fidel Castro. Edited by Luis Conte Aguero, who was the recipient of most of these letters, they are cited in every important work from Hugh Thomas' opus Cuba to Tad Szulc's Fidel biography, and everything in between and since. These twenty-one letters (nine to Conte Aguero, six to his late sister and close collaborator, Lidia, one to his wife Mirta, one to his comrade in combat, Melba Hernandez letters, one to the great scholar Jorge Manach) are regarded as the single most valuable and revelatory document regarding Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution. Never before published in English, these letters were written when Castro was imprisoned for his failed attack on the Moncada from 1953 to 1955 and reveal a man of spectacular ambition and steely determination. A man, who despite being incarcerated to serve a lengthy prison term, never wavers in his confidence that he will one day rule Cuba. |
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... July 26 , 1953 . Castro's ill - fated attack at the Moncada has been variously described as audacious , suicidal , and hare brained . It cost the lives of seventy of his men , but Castro knew that such brazen- ness , however crazy ...
... July 26 , 1953 . Castro's ill - fated attack at the Moncada has been variously described as audacious , suicidal , and hare brained . It cost the lives of seventy of his men , but Castro knew that such brazen- ness , however crazy ...
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... July 26 , 27 , 28 and 29 ? Yet , I do not know of any Cuban army officer who has broken his sword and renounced his uniform ; this army's only honor was to " kill ten young men for every soldier killed in combat , " the wish of the ...
... July 26 , 27 , 28 and 29 ? Yet , I do not know of any Cuban army officer who has broken his sword and renounced his uniform ; this army's only honor was to " kill ten young men for every soldier killed in combat , " the wish of the ...
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... July 26 , 1953 . 3. The actual number of dead rebels was seventy , not ninety . 4. Pedro Miret was imprisoned with Castro for his participation in the Mon- cada assault . He became Minister of Agriculture in 1959 and became a high ...
... July 26 , 1953 . 3. The actual number of dead rebels was seventy , not ninety . 4. Pedro Miret was imprisoned with Castro for his participation in the Mon- cada assault . He became Minister of Agriculture in 1959 and became a high ...
Table des matières
March 18 1955 To René Guitart XIX March 1955 To Luis Conte Agüero | 13 |
Published | 16 |
Epilogue | 79 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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