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Fidel Castro: La Historia Me Absolvera
La biografía de uno de los personajes más controvertidos del siglo XX, odiado y admirado, carismático y misterioso. Claudia Furiati, tras nueve años de trabajo, ha logrado componer una obra monumental, ambiciosa, excelentemente documentada sobre Fidel Castro. En ella se refleja su realidad familiar y personal, desde la llegada de su padre a la isla procedente de Galicia a finales del siglo XIX, y su dimensión política, que corre en paralelo con la historia contemporánea de Cuba.
717 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2001
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January 15, 2017
Una biografía "consentida" por Fidel y eso ya nos dice todo. Excelente fuente de información sobre los acontecimientos históricos y políticos de Cuba. Lamentable que no se de más información sobre Camilo Cienfuegos, Huber Matos y otros personajes de la revolución.
August 7, 2021
Meticolosa ricostruzione (perlopiù dovuta alla memoria d'elefante del "lider maximo") della vita e delle vicende di Fidel Castro dalle origine gallegane di suo padre, appaltatore terriero e combattente dell'indipendenza con Martì, sino alla sopravvivenza del suo regime dopo la caduta dell'Unione Sovietica. Per quanto sia "consentita" (e polarizzante quanto è la sua figura), il comandante non risparmia l'autocritica, sebbene siano chiari gli intenti nell'elogiare lo sviluppo umano e sanitario di Cuba rispetto ad altre realtà latino-americane (opinioni comunque condivise pur dagli "avversari" dei centri studio neoliberisti), nonostante il gravoso embargo imposto dagli Stati Uniti. Sorprendono alcuni aneddoti rarissimi sulle sue sfide globali quanto la modernità di alcune osservazioni durante le sedute internazionali nell'ambito ambientale, dello sviluppo e del debito, oggi diventate posizioni comuni (salvo la miopia di poche ma rumorose forze politiche) ma allora viste come "idealistiche".
March 30, 2020
Sin duda una de las mejores (sino la mejor) biografía de Fidel
August 14, 2011
As a biography, this book covers Fidel Castro's life in seven parts, starting before his birth with his father and goes until the 2000's.
It has a regular amount of details and it has an close view of Castro's actions during all periods of his life.
Sometimes the passings are resumed or even not well explained and one with a major interest in that part of his life should go for another biography to complement the facts. Furiati has a point of view that sometimes let show some affection for the leader, but she keep it impartial for the most part, and certainly she doesn't fall to the anti-communist cliche.
I recommend this reading for everyone curious about the Cuba revolution and it's succession as a dictatorship, and mostly for those who asks themselves why Fidel has never left the power or even has not been kill by the CIA, or even how Cuba has kept it's fragile economy after the URSS fall.
It has a regular amount of details and it has an close view of Castro's actions during all periods of his life.
Sometimes the passings are resumed or even not well explained and one with a major interest in that part of his life should go for another biography to complement the facts. Furiati has a point of view that sometimes let show some affection for the leader, but she keep it impartial for the most part, and certainly she doesn't fall to the anti-communist cliche.
I recommend this reading for everyone curious about the Cuba revolution and it's succession as a dictatorship, and mostly for those who asks themselves why Fidel has never left the power or even has not been kill by the CIA, or even how Cuba has kept it's fragile economy after the URSS fall.
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