Watching movies and TV series, everyone should be familiar with such a picture, some big officials, rich people, have a cigar in their hands. In the movie "The Godfather", the Godfather often carries a cigar and looks bullish and imposing. This cigar smoke can be imagined to be very expensive. And its origin is mostly Cuba.
You may still be curious about the story of Cuba, a socialist country in Latin America. He was a revolutionary island, old before the news was even in the news.
"Hurricane Sweeps Past Cane Fields", CCTV reporter Liu Xiaoqian, his Cuban observations. He traveled to Cuba nine times in a row to give us a report on the living conditions of the Cuban people under the embargo, about their secrecy, enthusiasm, plight and vitality. I've picked three sections of interest to share with you:
One, the legend of Castro
Fidel. Castro, Che. Che Guevara, Camilo. Cienfugus was one of the three commanders of the Cuban Revolution.
In 1959, Camilo. Sean Fuggs disappeared on a night flight back to Hawala from Kamagüé and has not found his body. cut. Che Guevara was killed in early 1967 while organizing guerrilla activities in Bolivia. Castro persevered in the struggle and led Cuba on the path to socialism.
Fidel. Born in 1926, Castro's father was a poor Spanish man, and after coming to Cuba, he worked hard and accumulated wealth. Later, he provided his son with a quality kulak education. Castro was admitted to the University of Hawala, cuba's highest university.
During college, he was interested in political economy. Because of his familiarity with his family's large farms, he is familiar with the nature of the capitalist economy. In 1947, after studying political economy, he became more interested in Marx's theory.
At school, he actively participated in schools in Latin American, national independence movements, such as Puerto Rico, Dominica. Later, he ran for president of the Student Federation. The progressive students in the school all opposed government corruption and U.S. aggression against Caribbean countries.
Several progressive students were assassinated, and school gangs ran rampant, all with the acquiescence of the school authorities and the government. Of course, he was also blacklisted. For self-defense, Castro carried with him a 15-round Browning pistol.
In July 1947, Castro joined the Conficet Island Expedition against Trujillo's invasion of the Dominican Republic, but was blocked by the Cuban Navy and forced to jump back to Cuba.
In April 1948, he went to Bogotá to participate in the anti-imperialist and anti-colonial congress organized by latin American students, and they even made an appointment to meet with the Colombian left leader Gaitan. However, a few hours before the meeting, Gaitan was assassinated in the street, followed by the "Bogotá unrest", which killed 5,000 people.
Castro enjoyed sports and play while at school. He was very eloquent and able to speak. In schools, lectures are often held. He is tall and handsome, and the opposite sex is also good.
The auditorium of his lectures is richly Baroque, with gold-pink ceiling decorations and spiral-shaped lighting with beautifully carved wooden balustrades. The 7 frescoes above the most dazzling rostrum, themed with mythological figures, symbolize medicine, science, fine arts, ideas, free art, literature and law.
In 1985, Castro told a magazine interviewer that he was still afraid of the stage a moment before his speech.
He graduated from the faculty of law in 1950 and, thanks to his rich theoretical knowledge and extensive experience in political struggles, he became a staunch Marxist-Leninist.
In 1950, he organized an attack on the Moncada barracks, which, although unsuccessful, was the beginning of their revolutionary activities. Later, the long years of guerrilla warfare in the Maestra Mountains began. It was not until 1959 that the Cuban Revolution triumphed and a socialist state was established.
The New York Times: Fidel. Castro ---- fanatical revolutionary leader who brought the Cold War to the Western Hemisphere in 1959 and fought the United States as Cuba's supreme leader for nearly half a century, torturing eleven U.S. presidents and briefly pushing the world to the brink of missile war------ died this week. He was 90 years old.
The above is the eulogy of the New York Times when Castro died on November 25, 2016.
Second, the relationship between Cuba and the great writers
During his reign, Castro made a great contribution to Cuba's cultural cause. He was associated with Hemingway, Neruda, Márquez, and Borges. They often set up banquets at the State Guest House, and the mountains and treasures of the sea. But they all make the best use of their materials, make the best use of their taste, and dare not waste.
Hemingway built a villa at Lookout Hills, a half-hour drive from Hawala. He has lived here for 22 years. From 1938 to 1960.
Why did Hemingway like to live in Cuba? Because of the United States, Cuba is only separated by the Strait of Rofreida, which can be described as a piece of water. However, the contradiction between the two countries is very deep, because Cuba was interfered with by the United States after it broke away from Spanish rule in 1902.
Castro believed that the corruption of the Cuban government at that time was directed by the Americans. The contradiction between the two countries is as recorded in the New York Times above. Castro established a socialist state on the back of the United States, can the back of the United States not itch?
Everyone thought that Castro and Hemingway should have a good relationship, at least the 2 should see each other regularly. But in fact, 2 people have only met once. Also on the eve of Hemingway's departure from Cuba, a local fishing contest was held, castro also participated, and Hemingway gave Castro an award.
Castro said: "I'm just a novice. ”
Hemingway: "You're a lucky newbie. ”
Castro had a general relationship with the English writer Hemingway. He also had good relations with writers in Latin America. Borges gave him several interviews and wrote an autobiography. At the suggestion of Marquez, he established the Cuban International School of Cinematic Arts in Cuba.
Although Hemingway and his intersection is less, Hemingway's works have Castro's shadow, such as "The Old Man and the Sea", this old man is very similar to Castro, fate you can defeat me, but can not defeat me, I live to fight!!! Never compromise!
Three, Cuba and the United States
Cuba has been interfered in the internal affairs of the United States since its struggle for independence from Spain in 1902. Each President of Cuba is equivalent to a puppet of the United States. It was also the increasing corruption of Cuba's subsequent politics. The people are deeply resentful.
Castro grew up, and he strongly opposed the U.S. puppet Cuban government. After graduating from college, he began a long period of resistance. In 1958, the revolutionary victory was achieved and a socialist state was established. Cuba has made a complete break with the United States.
In 1928, U.S. President Coolidge visited Cuba for a brief visit.
After 1959, there were almost no exchanges between Cuba and the United States, and some were just confrontations, sanctions, and embargoes.
Cuba, the Latin American country, the soil is red soil, suitable for growing sugar cane and tobacco, baseball. Cuban cigar smoke is world-famous, and even when Kennedy had enough 1,000 cigars, he was ready to launch a battle against Cuba. Only he was later assassinated.
Obama's visit to Cuba in 2015 led to the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Cuban offered Obama a cigar, and he sniffed the cigar smoke with his nose, his face showing imperceptible satisfaction.
At that time Fidel. Castrotro has stepped down, and Obama is being met by his brother Raul Castotero.
When the writer interviewed the young people on the streets of Cuba, everyone said very easily: Cuba and the United States have resumed normal diplomatic relations, and the two neighbors should help each other and cooperate together.
Only at this time in the reclusive Fidel. Castro said: "I don't believe in the United States. I haven't spoken to them either. ”
Cuba is, after all, a socialist country in Latin America, and many of its systems are the same as our previous systems, where you will see food stamps, you will see the state distribute food, the state prohibits drug use, and the state allocates rental housing.
"Hurricane Sweeps Over the Cane Field", slowly, the cane field dissolves the power of the hurricane and grows happily. Like the brave people of Cuba,
Successfully defused the suppression of the Western world. Such a mysterious Cuba, don't you want to know?