Cuba has a long, turbulent relationship with the dollar. After the nationalist revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power ...

Marco Ramirez's multilayered book for "Buena Vista" tells the story of the making of the album in Havana, Cuba ... of revolution. Fidel Castro and Che Guevara are never mentioned, but both the threat ...

So transportive are the intoxicating Cuban music and spirited dance that it ... time — from the days leading up to the 1959 Cuban Revolution to the 1996 recording session at which the lost ...

The Buena Vista Social Club were artists who'd been all but lost to the world after the Cuban Revolution -- until they united for a 1997 album. Now, their unlikely story takes a new stage: Broadway.

We must liberate Cuba ... and rhythmic music and told me they (lufed) me when nobody else did.l hope to return with my partner to Salsa dance and share my abundance of junk off the resort. l do not ...

Through interviews and archival footage, the documentary challenges the myth of Castro's sole triumph, shedding light on the complex dynamics of the Cuban Revolution.

The course will include site visits to 2 locations ... Revolution, and into the “Special Period” of the 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union. It examines the many political and cultural ...

The outlandish comedy “Operation Mincemeat” and sonic sensation “Buena Vista Social Club” double down on delight in the midst ...

when an impoverished Cuba continued to suffer from the collapse of the Soviet Union and the U.S. blockade, and 1956, when a far more prosperous country was on the verge of revolution. Fidel Castro ...

A look at nine fascinating communities from around the world, as documented by teenagers there. By The Learning Network Are cellphones the cause of increased student conflicts? If so, what can ...

Of all the “Buena Vista Social Club” songs, the beloved “Chan Chan” is the most recognizable. But figuring out where in the ...