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Real Dictators

Fidel Castro Part 3: The Mountain Guerrillas

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.88.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

While Batista tries to convince the world that Castro is dead, Fidel regroups in the mountains. The world’s press descends on Cuba, hoping to meet this elusive rebel, and Fidel is only too happy to grant everyone interviews. Meanwhile, in Havana, Batista’s sick son helps to save him from assassination. But his grip on the island is slipping… A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Paul McGann. Featuring Anthony DePalma, Carlos Eire, Lillian Guerra, Jonathan Hansen, Jennifer Lambe, Alex von Tunzelmann, Ileana Yarza.Special thanks to University of Miami Libraries for the use of the Huber Matos archive. This is Part 3 of 10. Written by Edward White | Produced by Ed Baranski and Edward White | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design & audio editing by George Tapp | Assembly editing by Dorry Macaulay, Anisha Deva, Rob Plummer | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Cian Ryan-Morgan | Recording engineer: Joseph McGann. Get every episode of Real Dictators a week early with Noiser+. You’ll also get ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to shows across the Noiser podcast network. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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podcast. Indeed.com slash show. Terms and conditions apply. It's a January day, 1957, around 8 a.m. Winter is doing its worst in New York City.

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Every day brings freezing temperatures and a low gray sky. The big apple shivers, but it doesn't slow down.

1:29.5

In Midtown Manhattan, the streets are as frenetic as ever.

1:33.2

Yellow taxis roar up the boulevards and across the avenues.

1:38.2

Office workers file out of subway stations and hurry their way to work.

1:43.7

In Times Square, the gloom is obliterated by batteries of flashing lights.

1:47.0

Gordy billboards advertise the latest Hollywood movies and Broadway shows.

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And, upon the 10th floor of the New York Times building, the day is well underway. Walking to his desk is a 57-year-old man,

2:06.1

skinny and with a slight stoop, his hair graying and fast receding. This is the veteran reporter

2:13.8

Herbert Matthews, a living legend of American journalism.

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Recently, he's been occupied by an intriguing tale from the Caribbean.

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A few weeks back, the Times printed a barely believable story from the news agency.

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It detailed a failed invasion attempt on the island of Cuba, carried out by a bunch of

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