Canada as seen through the Eyes of New Brunswick Editorial Cartoonists:
The Insight and Humour of Josh Beutel and Bill Hogan
Preface |
Introduction |
Editorial Cartoon Database |
Classroom Activities
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Josh Beutel, Telegraph Journal, 1979-10-17
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Reference number: MC2806-164
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Scope and Content
Fidel Castro's baseball background is used as an analogy for Cuba's ability to exist despite the United States embargo.
Title
World Serious Fidel
Caption
World Serious - Cuba - 1 ; Yanquis - 0
Persons
Fidel Castro
- Born in Cuba, August 13, 1926
- Former guerrilla chieftain
- Leader of Cuba since 1959 overthrow of Fulgencio Batista's regime
- Guided Cuba into becoming the first Communist state in the Western Hemisphere
- Controverial figure - viewed as a dictator by some and a legitimate leader by others
- Long standing animosity with United States and partnership with Soviet Union
- Tensions culminated in US embargo and 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis