Fidel Castro

by Jimmie Moglia  “He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.” Hamlet, act 1, sc. 2 For many across the

Whatever we may or may not think about Fidel Castro and his long era in Cuba (all of which is difficult, complex and debatable), it has to be said that there is something poetically pleasing about the fact that he survived some 634 assassination attempts, outlasted nine US Presidents and became the third longest- serving […]

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The father of the Cuban Revolution remains unbeaten by his foes even in death. We look over the most dramatic assassination plots on El Comandante – from character-assassinations by way of LSD, to Italian mobsters, tuberculosis wetsuit, and exploding cigar.

One of the world’s longest-serving and most iconic leaders, former Cuban president Fidel Castro, died last night at the age of 90.
According to Robert Pastor, former national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, “There are few individuals in the 20th century who had a more profound impact on a single country than Fidel Castro had in Cuba,” (Source: CNN)

Has Canada been a “friend” to Cuba?
While Ottawa’s position towards Fidel Castro’s Cuba was far more progressive than our southern neighbour’s, the story is more complicated than liberals are likely to suggest in their commentary over Castro’s passing.

If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.
— Doctor Ernesto “Che” Guevara

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (Image Source: Escambray)
Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro died on Friday at the age of 90.

The U.S. government has won more friends in Latin America by opening diplomatic ties to Cuba than by demonstrating endless belligerence, a lesson little understood in Washington, observes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. By Paul R. Pillar Much gets said…Read more →

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On today’s show I mostly go solo and talk about some recent updates with the Jeffrey Epstein case. I describe the police video from inside Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion which was recently released to Jose Lambiet of Gossip Extra. I talk about the strange things inside the house including pictures of Epstein with babies, the Pope and Fidel Castro. I discuss some of my ideas as to why Epstein is pictured with babies and toddlers in so many of the pictures.