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George Plimpton, Fidel Castro, Ernest Hemingway and Che Guevera
Standpoint ^ | January 2009 | JAMES SCOTT LINVILLE

Posted on 05/10/2015 4:28:40 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey

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To: Farmer Dean

He picked up the affiliation while in Spain writing about the Stalinists’ struggle with the Spanish General Franco. George Orwell fought on the side of the ‘republican’ [sic] forces.


21 posted on 05/10/2015 6:08:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Franco followers and French OAS former right wing french resistance were the primary advisors for the CIA in getting rid of Aliende and purging Argentina and Brazile of communists. The Panama School of Americas was also tailored to the advice of the French officers. If we had let them go to Cuba, Castro would have not made it.


22 posted on 05/10/2015 6:14:10 PM PDT by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall no)
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To: Ge0ffrey

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23 posted on 05/10/2015 8:55:07 PM PDT by gattaca (Republicans believe every day is July 4, democrats believe every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan)
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To: ConorMacNessa

Media from New York were invited. The point of the executions was that it be publicized. There are some accounts which say Hemingway didn’t go, but Plimpton did. This was during the period that there was hope for a democratic Cuba. That obviously didn’t transpire.

Hemingway’s house was raided by Batista’s troops during the revolution. They were looking for guns, and shot his favorite dog.


24 posted on 12/23/2018 11:00:49 AM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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