
The Cuba Libre Story
Miniseries
20158 episodes
Their island nation has been invaded, ransacked and enslaved - but the people of Cuba have never been conquered.
Episodes
E1Breaking Chains
5.02015-12-11 · 52m
After four centuries of Spanish colonial rule, Cubans win their independence, but U.S. intervention at the eleventh hour comes with a price.
E2War and Sugar
5.02015-12-11 · 53m
Cuba flourishes thanks to sugar production, but relations with the U.S. deteriorate, leading to the rise of military strongman Fulgencio Batista.
E3Ganster's Paradise
5.02015-12-11 · 52m
A source of illegal rum during Prohibition, Cuba becomes a haven for the Mafia, which seizes control of the country's popular gambling industry.
E4A Ragtag Revolution
5.02015-12-11 · 54m
On New Year's Day 1959, rebel guerillas led by the Castro brothers and Che Guevara succeed in toppling the corrupt, dictatorial rule of Batista.
E5Making Heroes
5.02016-03-11 · 54m
Heroes of the revolution include the Castros, Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, but Fidel Castro's brutality and radical leftist reforms divide them.
E6Of Soviets and Saviors
5.02016-03-11 · 53m
When Fidel Castro expropriates U.S. businesses and pursues support from the Soviet Union, the CIA sends assassins, saboteurs and invaders to Cuba.
E7Secrets and Sacrifices
5.02016-03-11 · 52m
Challenges mount in the '80s as Cubans desert their restrictive homeland, cocaine infiltrates the government, and European socialism collapses.
E8Moments of Transition
5.02016-03-11 · 52m
In the post-Soviet world, the Castros find mutual support in Venezuela, but the Cold War's conclusion brings the country's isolationism to an end.
