How Fidel Castro’s Revolution Promised Freedom — and Became a Nightmare

In 1959, Fidel Castro overthrew Fulgencio Batista, a brutal dictator — and became one himself. He promised democracy, but never held free elections. He denied being a communist — until it was too late to stop him. With Che Guevara by his side, he built a regime of surveillance, censorship, and televised executions. Millions fled. Others stayed — and were silenced.
US historian Lillian Guerra, exiled writer and journalist Amir Valle from Cuba, and DW journalist Jaime González Arguedas reveal how a fight for freedom became a dictatorship. From the Bay of Pigs to the Missile Crisis, from revolutionary hope to economic collapse. Was it ever about the people — or just about power?

Script: Laura Iglesias San Martín & Jaime González Arguedas
Video Editing: Mariano Ramírez Gisbert 
Host: David Levitz 

0:00-0:53 Intro
0:54-12:39 Part 1: FROM ONE EMPIRE’S CONTROL... TO ANOTHER
12:40-30:11 Part 2: REPRESSION IN REVERSE
30:12-31:58 Part 3: CAPTIVES WITHOUT HOPE

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