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Speech by Jose Ponce, 1st Secretary of the Cuban Interest Section Speech by Jose Ponce, 1st Secretary of the Cuban Interest Section
Date: 10/21/1994Call Number: JG/ 089AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Jose Ponce, 1st Secretary of the Cuban Interest Section in the U.S. (the only formal forum of Cuba/U.S. diplomatic contact) speaks at Emory University, GA, October 5, 1994. Ponce summarizes the history of Cuba following the Spanish-American War. He glorifies the achievements of the Cuban communist system: full literacy, power, free education, universal healthcare, antiracism efforts, advances for women, Cuban aide to needy foreign countries. He decries U.S. attempts to sabotage Cuba, specifically the trade embargo which has cost $40 billion dollars, restrictions on remittances, travel bans, and assassination attempts. He argues that the embargo and subsequent loss of infrastructure gave Cuba with no other choice but to ally itself with COMECON and copy the Soviet model. He explains how the 1989 USSR collapse and subsequent loss of 85% of its national trade greatly diminished the Cuban standard of living. He discounts the Cuban pro-democracy protests because he argues Cuba is already a democracy with a rich grassroots political life and elected parliament, just not a multiparty system. He discusses how Cuba is currently debating the first tax in its post-revolutionary history to help revive the declining economic infrastructure.
Fidel Castro Interview Fidel Castro Interview
Date: 6/1/1977Call Number: KP 277Format: Cass A & BProgram: ABC NewsCollection: Cuba
In an interview conducted by Barbara Walters, Fidel Castro speaks about the CIA, different U.S. presidents, intellectual freedoms, political prisoners, US-Cuban relations, Soviet-Cuban relations, and Cuba's role in Africa. Walters also asks him several questions about his personal life.
Fidel Castro Fidel Castro
Date: 1/23/1976Call Number: KP 278BFormat: Cass BCollection: Cuba
Discussions of Fidel Castro's role in the Socialist-Cuban revolution, the U.S. Bay of Pigs invasion, the second declaration of Havana, and the solidarity with Chile and Angola.
The Last Revolutionary The Last Revolutionary
Date: 7/18/1996Call Number: V 489Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Dan Rather interviews Fidel Castro about his life and the state of Cuba in the 1990s for 60 Minutes. Discussions of the Bay of Pigs victory for Cuba, as well as interviews with anti-Castro figures such as Castro's own sister.
The Highest Example of Heroism The Highest Example of Heroism
Authors: Beatriz Allende Bussi and Fidel CastroPublisher: Cuban Book InstituteDate: 10/13/1973Volume Number: 13-OctFormat: MonographCollection: Chile
Speeches by Beatriz Allende (daughter of Salvador Allende) and Fidel Castro at the Rally held to mark the thirteenth anniversary of the Committes for the Defense of the Revolution on September of 1973.
The Highest Example of Heroism The Highest Example of Heroism
Authors: Beatriz Allende Bussi and Fidel CastroPublisher: Cuban Book InstituteDate: 10/13/1973Volume Number: 13-OctFormat: MonographCollection: Chile
Speeches by Beatriz Allende (daughter of Salvador Allende) and Fidel Castro at the Rally held to mark the thirteenth anniversary of the Committes for the Defense of the Revolution on September of 1973.