Fidel: Hollywood's Favorite Tyrant
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Drawing on a wealth of research—including interviews with former Castro regime officials, anti-Castro freedom fighters, and Castro’s political prisoners—acclaimed author Humberto Fontova reveals the ugly face of the Castro regime. Along the way, he punctures some of the egregious myths about Cuba:
- The Motorcycle Bore: The real Che Guevara—not the rebel rock star of T-shirt fame, but a battlefield incompetent, a puritan-Stalinist bore, and the man who sent thousands of innocent Cubans to the firing squads
- Communist Economics 101: How Castro took Cuba from being a First World economy that had to turn away European emigrants to a country that even impoverished Haitians won’t emigrate to, with among the highest suicide and abortion rates in the world
- The Saddam Hussein Next Door: How Castro has not only had nuclear weapons (and wanted to launch them) but has plotted massive terrorist outrages against the United States
- Fidel the anti-black racist and unrepentant Communist—and his long list of useful idiots: from Jesse Jackson to Oliver Stone, George McGovern to Ted Turner, Bill Clinton to Steven Spielberg, to Katie Couric and many others
- The Left’s favorite racism: against conservative Cuban-Americans
Humberto Fontova
Cuban-born Humberto E. Fontova came to the United States when he was seven years old and grew up in New Orleans. He is a graduate of the University of New Orleans and has a master’s degree in Latin American studies from Tulane University. His critically acclaimed truelife adventure books are The Helldiver’s Rodeo (a Publishers Weekly "Book of the Week") and The Hellpig Hunt. Fontova writes and comments frequently on Latin American affairs for both English and Spanish-language media. He lives in New Orleans with his family.
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Reviews for Fidel
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Viva Cuba libre! High-school librarians would do well to consider adding this to their collections. It is a comparatively short, snappy read, vivid in its descriptions of the essential historical and biographical facts. Abundant references and notes are included to assist in further, scholarly digging-for-more. An excellent portal - and a needed one, considering all the Che stuff kids wear in all ignorance.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The cover picture could depict the dual persona of the man holding the Cuban flag, a steely gaze shooting from the dust jacket. Not knowing the man's history, but only the mainstream's reporting of him, his look is of a haggard, leader of a victimized nation, no time for frivolity or jovial smiles as he parrys off covert attempts to overthrow the nation from America's CIA. Conversely, having learned a bit about him previously, the cover captures the Big Brotherish scrutiny Communist countries are known for - bugged hotel room and files the size of War and Peace on each and every citizen; it shows a no-nonsense murderous leader who reigns supreme to maintain a grasp on the country he lead a revolution against half a century ago.Humberto Fontova wrote another fast moving, riveting and informative book. Being familiar with his expose on Che, Castro's henchman who was dispatched (in two sense of the word) like so many Communist bureau men throughout history, I had no doubts this book would be short of accurate. One concern I had was he would rely too much space on the man, most commonly known best as Che, he would eventually sketch. While one chapter does recount Che's escapades in Africa and South America, it nicely shows the sway Fidel commanded over those endeared to him.Numerous hypocricies are easily illustrated throughout the book. Most effective is the anti capital punishment elites who spent countless energies blasting South African apartheid, yet turned a blind eye to Castro's regime all the while feting him and visiting his country. Never seeming to realize they were partaking in a facade to obfuscate the totalitarian control over the populace. Fontova notes several times the country is segregated and 80% of the prison's political occupants are Black (African Cuban, I guess); many of these island revelers were once vociferous about boycotting Sun City in South Africa.A gripping, fast-paced read which quickly but fully covers Fidel Castro's "presidential" leadership.