print email comment close Fidel Castro URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/castro/ Description: Companion to a 2004 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) "American Experience" documentary about Fidel Castro, the "controversial, charismatic [Cuban] dictator who has confounded American presidents from Eisenhower to Bush, while surviving a CIA-backed invasion, countless assassination plots, an economic embargo -- even the collapse of his benefactor, the Soviet Union." Includes a timeline, map, background about people and events, newsreel clips, essays, a teacher's guide, and more. In English and Spanish. Publisher: PBS Online; WGBH LII Database Information: Record 25499 created by Maria Brandt on 02/19/2008 Last modification on 02/21/2008 Published: 02/21/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25499