CUBA LIBRE breaking the chains?

For 450 years Cuba suffered cruelly from colonial domina tion, bound by the chains of underdevelopment, imperialism and poverty. In 1959, a revolution led by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara overthrew the old corrupt regime. Since then Cubans have achieved sweeping social and economic reforms. They have...

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Main Author: Marshall, Peter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Unwin Hyman 1988
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