NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Questions I never got to ask Fidel Castro

  • Written by Paul Webster Hare, Senior Lecturer at the Frederick S Pardee School in Global Studies, Boston University, Boston University

Dear Comandante en Jefe:

I write now after your death to raise some of the questions that have often concerned me, but that I never had the opportunity to ask you in life.

My family and I lived in your country for three years. I was British ambassador to your country from 2001 to 2004. I met you and several members of your and your brother’s...

Read more: Questions I never got to ask Fidel Castro

More Articles ...

  1. The future of electronics is light
  2. Flakka is a dangerous drug, but it doesn't turn you into a zombie
  3. She phubbs me, she phubbs me not: Smartphones could be ruining your love life
  4. Why literature matters in debate about race and immigrants
  5. What China's 'export machine' can teach Trump about globalization
  6. Mexicans are migrating, just not across the US border
  7. Misinformation on social media: Can technology save us?
  8. Dear Mr. Trump: Climate policy puts lives in your hands
  9. Why so many people regain weight after dieting
  10. 100 years of the 'gender gap' in American politics
  11. Here's how undocumented students are able to enroll at American universities
  12. You should talk about politics this Thanksgiving – here's why, and how
  13. Have reports of Black Friday's death been greatly exaggerated?
  14. Why we have globalization to thank for Thanksgiving
  15. The seeds of the alt-right, America's emergent right-wing populist movement
  16. What's the history of sanctuary spaces and why do they matter?
  17. Why the Democrats won't win the House in 2018
  18. Why kids younger than 12 don't need OTC cough and cold remedies
  19. With waning US leadership on climate, nonstate actors to play outsize role
  20. How much should air traffic controllers trust new flight management systems?
  21. The two men who almost derailed New England's first colonies
  22. It wasn't just 'fake news' presenting a fake Hillary Clinton
  23. Trump may reverse US climate policy but will have trouble dismantling EPA
  24. Confirmation bias: A psychological phenomenon that helps explain why pundits got it wrong
  25. Cyber Monday gives a big boost to mobile commerce
  26. Remembering the US soldiers who refused orders to murder Native Americans at Sand Creek
  27. Do conservatives value 'moral purity' more than liberals?
  28. How to bridge the political divide at the holiday dinner table
  29. After the 2016 presidential election: Fear, protest and what comes next
  30. In Iraq and Syria, humanitarian aid workers struggle within a strained system
  31. Why woman-bashing is a serious health threat
  32. What is behind the turkey pardoning ritual?
  33. How the archaeological review behind the Dakota Access Pipeline went wrong
  34. How 'cutting up' Shakespeare's plays can be an act of creative destruction
  35. Can Black Friday turn green? Outdoor retailers and the paradoxes of eco-friendly shopping
  36. The next frontier in reproductive tourism? Genetic modification
  37. Deutsche Bank turmoil shows risks of weakening bank capital standards
  38. What will pollsters do after 2016?
  39. Why there's so much backlash to the theory that Greek art inspired China's Terracotta Army
  40. Young children are terrible at hiding – psychologists have a new theory why
  41. The real reason Trump won: White fright
  42. 2016 presidential advertising focused on character attacks
  43. With legal pot comes a problem: How do we weed out impaired drivers?
  44. Facebook's problem is more complicated than fake news
  45. Election rage shows why America needs a new social contract to ensure the economy works for all
  46. Red, yellow, pink and green: How the world's languages name the rainbow
  47. What Trump's election could mean for women: Fewer reproductive rights, new help for working families?
  48. Trump may dismantle the EPA Clean Power Plan but its targets look resilient
  49. Can Mike Pence solve Trump's outsider problem with Congress?
  50. Why a fractured nation needs to remember King's message of love