Fidel Castro

Picture of Fidel Castro on one of the walls of a buildings next to Plaza de la Revolución

January 1st 2017
Che, Fidel, John, Paul, George and Ringo When we came home after our two week long trip in Cuba we sat down and asked ourselves how we with our blogs could describe how we perceived the country. In our photos we noticed that many of them could be said to be pictures of icons. Icons in the meaning of people with icon status. We would here at the beginning make one thing cle ... read more

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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

29th March 2017

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Icons of Cuba
Very interesting perspective in this blog. I find it fascinating that so many images of Che but a law against constructing statues of Fidel Castro. Makes this pic all the more intriguing. Guess some wish to shout out and preserve his memory!

30th March 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

The law is relatively new
The law against erecting statues of Fidel is relatively new. This "statue" predates it and is likely not affected by it. If I am to guess, and this is entirely a guess, the Cubans will find ways to go around that law and keep on publicly honour Fidel. "But this is not a statue, it is a mural", "But I am not putting up a statue of Fidel, only of his beard" etc. Well, you get it. Ake

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