What’s Next For Raul Castro, Cuba And U.S. Foreign Policy
What’s Next For Raul Castro, Cuba And U.S. Foreign Policy
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In 1953, while on trial for leading an attack on the Moncada barracks, Fidel Castro delivered a four hour speech in his own defense, declaring: “Condemn me. It does not matter. History with absolve me.”
The former Cuban leader died on Friday at the age of 90. We look at how history will judge the Castro legacy and discuss what happens next in Cuba and with U.S.-Cuban relations with journalist Patrick Symmes, author of the forthcoming book The Day Fidel Died.