Gloria, Richard, and Che

Morty's report on the Lincoln Square Synagogue Mission to Cuba

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September 8th 2008
I don't think it's easy for people of my generation to view Cuba with equanimity. After all, when I was 15 years old, I had good reason to believe Fidel Castro's tiny island might ignite a nuclear war. I am, of course, referring to the 1962 confrontation between the United States and Russia, known as the Cuban Missile Crisis, where John F. Kennedy went mano a mano with Nikita Krushchev, and, wi ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Cuba

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The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 and following its development as a Spanish colony during the next several centuries. Large numbers of African slaves ... ... read more