CARTAGO 2010 FIDEL Y RAMONET parte 1 Origenes de un Rebelde

http://www.principioesperanza.com/ Fidel Castro, Biografía a dos voces (Biography in two voices) is one of the most extraordinary and longest books I have read in recent years. (It weighs in at 665 pages and is accompanied by a DVD containing selections from the interviews.) The author is a Spanish journalist named Ignacio Ramonet who is the director of the prestigious Parisian newspaper Le Monde Diplomatique. Through 100 hours of marathon conversations with the 80-year old president of Cuba, Ramonet masterfully sketches an impressive image of his subject. He portrays Fidel's profound sense of history, his love of science and medicine, and his international solidarity with oppressed groups.

In his extended chats with Ramonet, the khaki-clad Cuban commander talks of his childhood and university studies. He explains how his revolutionary ideas were forged and analyzes the struggle against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. He covers the Cuban missile crisis, the case of the corrupt commander Ochoa executed by the revolutionary authorities, the fall of the Soviet Union, Pope John Paul II, globalization, North Korea, Bolivian president Evo Morales, Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, and the war in Iraq. Among the most interesting segments are those in which he speaks of his extraordinary friendships with fellow revolutionaries Camilo Cienfuegos and Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

Ramonet's book reads like a classic novel and will keep the reader enthralled to the end. It should be read by all Hispanics and translated into English so that the people of the U.S. may have a better understanding of how their government has dealt with Cuba and other Latin American countries.

Reviewed by: Dr. Félix Ojeda Reyes, Institute of Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, translated by Alicia Pousada

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[ninonica]

an excellent book! Ke Viva Fidel y America Latina

[IceyPancho]

I read the book. It's excellent and available in English. It's insiring and entertaining.