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Soderbergh takes a revolutionary approach to 'Che'
Charging across the globe like an insurrectionist guerrilla cadre, Steven Soderbergh's sprawling, Spanish-language epic "Che" has been playing at international film festivals and leaving controversy in its wake. The film depicts Argentine doctor turned...Tags: United Nations, Guerrilla Activity, Cannes Film Festival, Steve McQueen, Los Angeles
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Reviews: 'Havana Nocturne,' 2 more takes on Cuba
peter.gianotti@newsday.comHAVANA NOCTURNE: How the Mob Owned Cuba ... and Then Lost It to the Revolution, by T.J. English. William Morrow, 416 pp., $27.95. BACARDI AND THE LONG FIGHT FOR CUBA: The Biography of a Cause, by Tom Gjelten. Viking, 422 pp., $27.95. HAVANA BEFORE...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Lucky Luciano, Organized Crime, Literature, Frank Sinatra
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Be ready for tough times, Raul Castro tells Cuba
Sun-Sentinel.com Havana BureauReturning to the birthplace of the Cuban revolution for the island's biggest political event, President Raul Castro Saturday night prepared Cubans for tough times ahead. "As much as we desire to resolve all of our problems, we can't spend more than we...Tags: Society, Government, Festive Event, Raul Castro, National Government
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Cuba B.C.*
McClatchy-Chicago Tribune newspapersCuban writer Jose Lezama Lima's description of Havana—"an unnameable feast"—fits the city's last great era like the flawless suits from Pepe Sastre fit the best-dressed mobsters of the glittering casino years. Here was a posh gambling scene...Tags: Casino and Gambling, Corporate Crime, Eartha Kitt, John F. Kennedy, Meyer Lansky
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Tommy Lasorda recalls his days in Cuba
bcassidy@newsday.comTommy Lasorda has seen plenty of change in Cuba. He was playing baseball on the island when Fulgencio Batista overthrew Carlos Prio in 1952 and again when Fidel Castro overthrew the Battista government in 1959. "When Castro took over the city on the...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Pittsburgh Pirates, All Stars, Ben Sheets, Doug Mientkiewicz
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Fidel's slow fade
In the early '90s, when I was living in Havana with my family, my eldest daughter, Bella, who was then about 6 years old, came home from school one afternoon in a state of excitement. She asked me, in Spanish: "Daddy, do you know what 'amor' means?" I...Tags: National Government, Elections, Dwight David Eisenhower, Government, Health and Safety at School
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Letters to the editor
Don't touch that dial Re "The cancellation of Channel 36," Opinion, May 1 Patt Morrison's column highlights plans to eliminate funding for L.A.'s Channel 36, a subject that would have received little attention otherwise. Cable TV subscribers in Los...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Labor Legislation, Los Angeles, National Government, Prisons
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Che's legacy looms larger than ever
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt was a long fight, but the Cubans have finally conquered this forlorn Andean hamlet, four decades after Ernesto "Che" Guevara was executed in the adobe schoolhouse here. Cuban physicians provide healthcare, Cuban educators oversee literacy classes, and...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), James Dean, Guerrilla Activity, Injuries, National Government
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Like-minded brother
Newsday Staff WriterAt the height of Cuba's 1959 revolution, as a strapping Fidel Castro marched triumphantly to Havana, his younger brother Raúl stayed behind in the east to tend to bloody business. At Raúl's behest, rebels executed scores of soldiers and other...Tags: Economic Policy, Missouri, Defense, National Government, The White House
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Lost in his native Cuba
Special to Newsday(R) Andy Garcia's lopsided idyll about the Havana of his boyhood and the Cuba of his dreams. With Bill Murray, Dustin Hoffman, Inés Sastre, Tomas Milian. Written by G. Cabrera Infante. Directed by Garcia. 2:23 (violence). At the Sunshine Cinemas and AMC...Tags: Bill Murray, Dustin Hoffman, Movies, Andy Garcia, Roman Polanski
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Soderbergh Hits Into a Double 'Che'
Zap2It.comSteven Soderbergh has spent so many years talking about making his Che Guevara biopic that he's suddenly found himself with enough material for two movies instead of one. So Soderbergh plans to make both of them. According to Variety, Soderbergh is...Tags: United Nations, Steven Soderbergh, Benjamin Bratt, Movies, Benicio Del Toro
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Max Boot: Who likes Ike?
MAX BOOT is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. mboot@latimescolumnists.comTHE 50TH anniversary of the Suez Canal crisis and the Hungarian Revolution, which both came to a head in October 1956, should spark another look at the president who presided over these two fine messes. Dwight D. Eisenhower's reputation was...Tags: Society, Dwight David Eisenhower, Government, Global Expansion, Defense
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