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World Links: Death Toll Rises in Baghdad, Karadzic A No-Show
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Victory Is Your Duty: Introduction
(August 12, 2009) WIDE ANGLE gains intimate access to the Havana Boxing Academy on the outskirts of Cuba's capital. There, from the tender age of nine, boys hand-picked as future Olympians are molded into soldiers of the ring.
Aug 12th, 2009 | 11 comments | 14,267 Views
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Victory Is Your Duty: Live Chat with Aaron Brown: Should the Cuban Trade Embargo be Lifted?
Is it time to end the trade embargo against Cuba or are there legitimate reasons for keeping it in place? Join WIDE ANGLE correspondent Aaron Brown on Blog Talk Radio as he moderates a discussion with representatives from both sides of the debate.
Aug 12th, 2009 | 18 comments | 2,160 Views
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Victory Is Your Duty: Timeline: Cuba’s Brawn Drain
Cuba’s ban on professional sports created an exodus of some of its most talented boxers. They defected by raft, speedboat – some even swam. Scroll through this interactive timeline to read about their successes, failures and sacrifices.
Aug 12th, 2009 | 4 comments | 936 Views
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Victory Is Your Duty: Where Are They Now?
Find out what's happened to the characters in Victory Is Your Duty in the two years since the original film was shot.
Aug 12th, 2009 | 1 comment | 899 Views
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Victory Is Your Duty: Interview With Filmmaker Andrew Lang
Filmmaker Andrew Lang tells WIDE ANGLE about how he stumbled upon the Havana Boxing Academy.
Aug 12th, 2009 | 0 comments | 746 Views
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Victory Is Your Duty: Credits
Credits for Victory Is Your Duty
Aug 11th, 2009 | 0 comments | 370 Views
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Crossing Heaven’s Border: Video: Refugee Escape Stories from Around the World
Every refugee has a story. Here are nine of them, from Iraq, Tibet, Burma, Cuba, Congo and Rwanda.
Jul 1st, 2009 | 0 comments | 3,262 Views
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Ten Worst Countries to Be a Blogger
The Committee to Protect Journalists names the ten worst countries in the world to be a blogger.
Apr 30th, 2009 | 0 comments | 2,507 Views
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Evo Morales Speaks at Columbia
The Bolivian president spoke about democracy in the Americas, his country's coca growers movement, and the diplomatic row between Bolivia and the U.S.
Nov 19th, 2008 | 9 comments | 3,187 Views
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Obama and the World
What does Obama's foreign policy mean for the rest of the world?
Nov 5th, 2008 | 3 comments | 5,076 Views
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Victory Is Your Duty: Olympic Timeline
By positioning tiny Cuba on the map of world sports, not only did Fidel carve an image of greatness for his country, but also one that distinguished Cuba from both its supporters (USSR) and its enemies (USA).
Jul 10th, 2007 | 0 comments | 2,701 Views
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Victory Is Your Duty: Photo Essay: Cuban Political Posters
This photo essay chronicles some of the most exceptional Cuban revolution posters from the 1960s through the 1980s, showcasing the vivid imagery, graphic wit, and propaganda slogans of the time.
Jul 10th, 2007 | 0 comments | 3,378 Views
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Victory Is Your Duty: Filmmaker’s Notes
The roots of this film go back two years to 2005 when I attended the EICTV, a film school outside Havana set up by Fidel Castro, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the Argentine documentary maker Fernando Birri.
Jul 10th, 2007 | 3 comments | 2,751 Views
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