Fidel Castro


This is the repaired free half, while the full talk is already available to subscribers to JaysAnalysis.com.  In this classic installment, I consider the polarizing figure of Fidel Castro in relation to the numerous tales of CIA subterfuge and “assassination attempts,” as well as the larger picture of how the CIA works under the CFR to control Latin America, and thus how Latin American operations are a microcosm of how the rest of the sectors are managed – from the Middle East to Eurasia.

Photo by Alicia Jrapko
From July 25-28 the XXV Sao Paulo Forum took place in Caracas, Venezuela, with the participation of 190 organizations, political parties, social movements, workers’ movements, parliamentarians and intellectuals from Latin America, the Caribbean and several continents.

Young social workers marching in the plaza of the revolution on May Day

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(Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Luther L. Boothe Jr., Task Force Currahee Public Affairs Office)
Imperial logic I: External crises distract from internal ones

Imperial logic I: External crises distract from internal ones

The images sparked outrage among Cubans who have suffered five decades of poverty under communist rule. Cubans are impoverished and must live on $30 per month and rationed food. Meanwhile, colleges in the US are teaching the that communist revolutions serve the people.

Frei Betto spoke with the author at the Dominican convent in São Paulo, Brazil.