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TED-Ed
TED-ED: History vs. Che Guevara - Alex Gendler
His face is recognized all over the world _ the young medical student who became a revolutionary icon. But was Che Guevara a heroic champion of the poor, or a ruthless warlord who left a legacy of repression? Alex Gendler puts this...
Curated Video
The Botched Invasion: Bay of Pigs
One of the Cold War’s only violent actions, the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961 proved to be a humiliating defeat for the U.S. government.
Curated Video
Operation Pedro Pan
Operation Pedro Pan saw more than 14,000 children escape Communist Cuba for a new life in the United States. But for many, their troubles were only just starting.
Curated Video
America’s embargo against Cuba
America imposed a full trade embargo against Cuba 55 years ago, in an attempt to crack Fidel Castro's Communist regime. Antonio José Ponte, an exiled Cuban writer, and Aleida Guevara, the daughter of Che Guevara, reveal how the embargo...
Curated Video
Cuban Missile Crisis from the Cuban Perspective | Animated History
The United States has long had and complicated relationship with Cuba. The successful Cuban revolution that took place between 1953 and 1959 was an unprecedented victory for the growing socialist movement in Latin America, which arose in...
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Thomas Paine: The Che Guevara of the American Revolution
Drive Home History Video #6 [4:58] in which Tom Richey, on his way home, makes a comparison between American revolutionary Thomas Paine and Communist revolutionary Che Guevara and explains why he makes that assertion.
A&E Television
History.com: Che Guevara: Fast Facts
Che Guevara believed that communism would save the impoverished people of Latin America. Learn more about how he became a revolutionary icon of the anti-establishment in this video. [3:53]