# Cuba
Absurd Cold War Stories That Just Don’t Make Sense
Cold War tensions brought humanity to the brink of extinction more than once. For decades, two superpowers with enough nuclear weapons between them to end life on Earth many times overeyed each…
A Sports Dispute Started the Cuban Missile Crisis and Other Odd Facts
From the unexpectedly significant role Cubans’ love of baseball had in shaping the Cold War, to the current popular drink…
19 Things We Should All Remember About the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962
The autumn of 1962 saw a year winding down in the United States, which had been for the most part…
The Stories Behind 16 of History’s Most Influential and Remarkable Photos
The invention of photography, widely considered to date to 1826, changed history and the preservation of moments thereof. As the…
10 of the Most Intense Moments From Theodore Roosevelt’s Life
It is fitting indeed that one of the massive granite heads looking out over the Black Hills from Mt. Rushmore…
Here Are 10 Undeniable Ties Between the United States Government and Organized Crime
The names alone are chilling, a litany of murderers, extortionists, thieves, and racketeers. Lucky Luciano. Albert Anastasia. Meyer Lansky. Vito…
25 Photos of the Elian Gonzalez Cuban Refugee Crisis
Elian Gonzalez is a Cuban national who, as a child in 2000, became the center of an international custody and…
Nobody’s Hero: 9 Inconvenient Truths about Che Guevara
In previous articles about Che Guevara, I have written that ‘one man’s revolutionary is another man’s terrorist.’ To his proponents,…
25 Rare Pictures of Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959-1976 and President from 1976…
Che Guevara’s Last Stand: Bolivians Had to Do This One Thing To Prove Guevara Was Dead
Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara is a name that engenders fierce debate amongst his proponents and critics. Those who believe in what…