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Should the US End the Cuba Embargo?
This video asks a question that has shaped United States policy toward Cuba for more than sixty years: should the United States end its…
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Cuban Counterrevolutionary Explains How Communists TOOK Guns Before Taking Over
Before Fidel Castro seized full power in Cuba, his movement promised freedom and democracy, and many Cubans supported it in the hope of ending…
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Former Cuban Military Leader Reveals Inside Story on Castro and Che Guevara
Official histories of the Cuban Revolution are usually written from the top down. They describe decisions, decrees, and speeches, and they present the revolution…
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SOCIALISM VS CAPITALISM
This video offers a direct comparison between socialism and capitalism, the two systems that have shaped modern political debate. It asks which one delivers…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders: We could learn a lot from Cuba
In this video, Senator Bernie Sanders argues that the United States could learn a lot from Cuba. He points to the areas where Cuba…
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Every American needs to see this! Cuban protest in Miami! – YouTube
This video shows a Cuban protest in Miami — and, as the title says, it is the kind of scene every American needs to…
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Day 9 Cuban Missile Crisis – Blockade starts and low altitude flybys over Cuba – YouTube
Day nine of the Cuban Missile Crisis — Wednesday 24 October 1962 — was the day the naval blockade, or quarantine, actually began. This…
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Day 7 Cuban Missile Crisis – USA announces a blockade on Cuba – YouTube
Day seven of the Cuban Missile Crisis — Monday 22 October 1962 — was the day the United States announced a blockade of Cuba.…
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Day 8 Cuban Missile Crisis – Kennedy and Khrushchev face reality – YouTube
Day eight of the Cuban Missile Crisis — Tuesday 23 October 1962 — was the day both leaders had to face reality. This episode…
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Day 6 Cuban Missile Crisis – Mr. President did you say blockade, or invade Cuba? – YouTube
Day six of the Cuban Missile Crisis — Sunday 21 October 1962 — was the day President Kennedy had to choose. This episode follows…
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Day 5 Cuban Missile Crisis – President Kennedy Considers War – YouTube
Day five of the Cuban Missile Crisis — Saturday 20 October 1962 — was the day President Kennedy seriously considered war. This episode follows…
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Day 4 Cuban Missile Crisis – Soviet nukes ready to strike the US – YouTube
Day four of the Cuban Missile Crisis — Friday 19 October 1962 — was the day the scale of the Soviet threat became clear.…
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Day 3 Cuban Missile Crisis – The Soviet Nuclear Forces on Cuba – YouTube
Day three of the Cuban Missile Crisis — Thursday 18 October 1962 — looks closely at what the Soviet Union had actually placed on…
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Day 0 Cuban Missile Crisis – Atomic Tests and Missiles Discovered – YouTube
Day zero of the Cuban Missile Crisis — the days before the crisis even had a name — looks at how the missiles were…
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Prologue 2 Cuban Missile Crisis – The Cold War Heats Up – YouTube
Prologue two of the Cuban Missile Crisis series looks at how the Cold War heated up in the years before October 1962. This episode…
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Prologue 1 Cuban Missile Crisis – The Cold War Begins – YouTube
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 is often remembered as thirteen days in which the world stood on the edge of nuclear war.…
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John Stossel – Cool Commies and Other Myths – YouTube
In this Stossel report, John Stossel takes on the romantic myths that still surround communism, especially in Cuba. For many young people and celebrities,…
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Life Under Communism in Cuba | America Uncovered – YouTube
What is daily life really like under communism in Cuba? The postcards show old cars, colourful streets, and music in the squares. The reality,…
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Che Guevara: Doctor, Revolutionary, Murderer
Ernesto Guevara was born in Argentina in 1928, trained as a doctor, became a guerrilla commander in Cuba, helped run a revolutionary government, and…
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Bodyguard reveals lifestyle of Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro presented himself to the world as a man of the people. In his olive-green uniform, he spoke for hours about sacrifice, equality,…
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Cuban Revolution (Fidel Castro Raul Castro Che Guevara)
The Cuban Revolution is one of the defining events of the twentieth century. In a little over five years, a small band of guerrillas…
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Communism advances in Latin American
Latin America has returned to the left again and again, in country after country, across more than half a century. That is the pattern…
