|
|
Zbigniew Brzezinski At Large, Part Two
Think Tank is once again joined by one of the significant voices in American foreign policy, Zbigniew Brzezinski. Dr. ...
more
Spy Wars
America has a vast intelligence network--from the CIA and FBI to the National Security Agency. In spite of victories against ...
more
|
|
|
Cuba after Castro main page
   
Cuba after Castro
Aired 4/22/2004
In January 1959, Fidel Castro rode triumphantly into Havana after
successfully ousting Fulgencio Batista. Forty-five years later, Castro still rules with an iron hand. The United States maintains a controversial embargo on trade and travel to Cuba. Life for Cubans is becoming increasingly desperate. Now 77 years old, Fidel Castro is the world’s longest-ruling head of government and the leader of one of only four remaining socialist countries.
He boasts that the Cuban socialist state will survive him. Will it? Is
anyone waiting in the wings? What - if anything - should the US be doing now
to help foster democracy?
Read the full transcript
Mark Falcoff
Resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and the
author of Cuba: The Morning After
Juan Lopez
Visiting scholar at the University of Chicago’s Center for Latin American Studies and the author of Democracy Delayed: The Case of Castro’s Cuba
Originally Aired: 1/8/2004
|
|
Be sure to also check out:
Here are some previous Think Tank programs that may be of interest.
Is There Hope for Havana?
aired 2/27/1999
Send us your thoughts
|
Think Tank is made possible by generous support from the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation, the Donner Canadian Foundation, the Dodge Jones Foundation, and Pfizer, Inc.
©Copyright
Think Tank. All rights reserved.
 Web development by Bean Creative.
|
