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Cuba in Focus
Sat, Oct 3, 2020 7:00 PM
1960-FIDEL CASTRO AT UN & AT HARLEM'S HOTEL TERESA
We look back on the 60th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s first historic address before the United Nations General Assembly and the Cuban delegation’s 10-day stay at Harlem’s Teresa hotel – where Cuba’s revolutionary leader met with Malcolm X, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, Egyptian President , Gamal Abdel Nasser, and Prime Minister Nehru of India – amid welcoming rallies by thousands of community members…
- Dr. Rosemari Mealy speaks with Raul Roa Kouri - the young Diplomat who negotiated the Cuban Delegation’s stay in Harlem.
- We hear from Cuba’s Deputy Minister of the office of U.S. affairs in Cuba’s Foreign Ministry, Johana Tablada…
- Gilda Gil of Prensa Latina reports on Cubans President Miguel Diaz-Canel speaking at this year’s U.N. General Assembly…
- and filmmaker Catherine Murphy speaks about her new documentary on legendary singer, Silvio Rodriguez’s, participation in Cuba’s 1960 national literacy campaign…
- Margaret Gilpin presents a special homage to Eusebio Leal Spengler, the historian of the City of Havana who passed the last day of July…
- And, as usual, we begin with a series of news briefs to keep you up to date about what’s happening on the island.
Produced by Sally O’Brien and Margaret Gilpin with thanks to Jorge Miyares of Radio Havana Cuba
