Cuba honors American who made Castro a legend

[Hatuey]

Cuba honors American who made Castro a legend - Yahoo! News

In that glowing article Matthews wrote: "The personality of the man (Castro) is overpowering. It was easy to see that his men adored him and also to see why he has caught the imagination of the youth of Cuba all over the island. Here was an educated, dedicated fanatic, a man of ideals, of courage and of remarkable qualities of leadership."

The interview may also have helped Castro by exaggerating the size of his rebel force. Castro later bragged he only had 18 men at the time, but made them pass in front of the American reporter several times.

Having been to Cuba a few times in the last couple of years(dont tell the goverment) I can honestly say it's not hard to notice the way the Cuban people love Fidel Castro. Putting aside all the bad things he's done the man is a very charismatic and interesting individual.

 

[RightinNYC]

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba unveiled a marble plaque on Saturday commemorating the interview 50 years ago by New York Times reporter Herbert Matthews that helped build the legend of Fidel Castro, the state news agency Prensa Latina reported.

You can't make up **** like this.:lol: Thanks NYT! Glad to see that even 50 years ago, you had the same MO.

The interview may also have helped Castro by exaggerating the size of his rebel force. Castro later bragged he only had 18 men at the time, but made them pass in front of the American reporter several times.

What kind of dumbass reporter sees 18 people walking in a circle and thinks its 100?

 

[Hatuey]

What kind of dumbass reporter sees 18 people walking in a circle and thinks its 100?

The way I heard it was that they woul shave their beards and change clothes and change from uniforms to civilian clothing and they'd do rounds of 9-6. The reporter would think it was more cause he couldn't see their faces.