{"product_id":"fidel-castro-my-life-a-spoken-autobiography-paperback","title":"Fidel Castro: My Life: A Spoken Autobiography - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIgnacio Ramonet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFidel Castro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe intimate and highly revealing life story of the world's longest-serving, most charismatic, and controversial head of state in modern times. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFidel Castro was a dictatorial pariah to some and a hero and inspiration for many of the world's poor, defiantly charting an independent and revolutionary path for Cuba over nearly half a century. Numerous attempts were made to get Castro to tell his own story. But only in the twilight of his years was he prepared to set out the details of his remarkable biography for the world to read before his death in 2016. This book is nothing less than his living testament. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these pages, Castro narrates a compelling chronicle that spans the harshness of his elementary school teachers; the early failures of the revolution; his intense comradeship with Che Guevara and their astonishing, against-all-odds victory over the dictator Batista; the Cuban perspective on the Bay of Pigs and the ensuing missile crisis; the active role of Cuba in African independence movements (especially its large military involvement in fighting apartheid South Africa in Angola); his relations with prominent public figures such as Boris Yeltsin, Pope John Paul II, and Saddam Hussein; and his dealings with no less than ten successive American presidents, from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCastro talks proudly of increasing life expectancy in Cuba; of the half million students in Cuban universities; and of the training of seventy thousand Cuban doctors nearly half of whom work abroad, assisting the poor in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. He confronts a number of thorny issues, including democracy and human rights, discrimination toward homosexuals, and the presence of the death penalty on Cuban statute books. Along the way he shares intimacies about more personal matters: the benevolent strictness of his father, his successful attempt to give up cigars, his love of Ernest Hemingway's novels, and his calculation that by not shaving he saves up to ten working days each year. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on more than one hundred hours of interviews with Ignacio Ramonet, a knowledgeable and trusted interlocutor, this spoken autobiography will stand as the definitive record of an extraordinary life lived in turbulent times.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIgnacio Ramonet \u003c\/b\u003eis editor of \u003ci\u003eLe Monde diplomatique\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWars of the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGeopolitics of Chaos\u003c\/i\u003e, the founder of Media Watch Global, and a regular contributor to the Spanish daily \u003ci\u003eEl País\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFidel Castro \u003c\/b\u003eled Cuba from 1959 until February 2008.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 736\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.75 x 9.04 x 6.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52449432928563,"sku":"9781416562337","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TFE3cmxrbzJnOElUVXZadkZ4QVpUUT09.webp?v=1759049856","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/fidel-castro-my-life-a-spoken-autobiography-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}