In this series, NACLA collaborators reflect on Fidel Castro’s passing and his significance for Cuba, Latin America, and beyond.
The Many Shades of Fidel Castro
The committment of Fidel Castro and his generation to the building of an alternative model of a socialist society is a memory well worth keeping alive.
Fidel Castro: A Life and Death In Context
Fidel Castro represented the authenticity of Cuban historical aspirations to sovereignty and self-determination.
Finally, Again: Miami before Trump and after Castro
In the wake of Fidel Castro’s death, strong anti-Castro sentiment goes hand-in-hand with layered political thinking among diverse Miami Latinxs.
Cubans Remember Fidel
Whether Cubans on the island worship Fidel Castro despite his flaws, loathe him, or are indifferent to a figure they now regard as a historical anachronism depends more on their age than anything else.
On Mourning and Fidel
Fidel’s legend, his image, his words and power were so enormously decisive in shaping my destiny that his death opens a time of remembering and reckoning.