Fidel Castro Part 9: Down With Fidel!

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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After a tragedy in the Florida Straits, a dramatic tug of war takes place between Castro and America - all centred on a five-year-old boy. A new leader in the Soviet Union comes to power with fresh ideas which terrify Fidel. The Berlin Wall crumbles, putting Cuba on the brink. As riots break out in Havana, rebellion is in the air... A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Paul McGann. Featuring Alvaro Alba, Michael Bustamante, Anthony DePalma, Lillian Guerra, Irene Lopez Kuchilan, Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, Rogelio Martinez. This is Part 9 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 | 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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0:30.9	It's August 5, 1994.
0:35.8	We're in Havana, walking north towards the harbour.
0:40.3	The sun has been up only a couple of hours, but already the city is scorched.
0:46.3	These past few weeks have been intense, and not just because of the soaring temperatures.
0:52.3	Havana crackles with a sense of instability.
0:56.0	There's a friction in the air, a feeling that violence has only ever one lost nerve away.
1:04.0	The streets are busy today, unusually so.
1:09.0	Around the ferry terminal a crowd of people gather. Their numbers grow all the time.
1:15.5	It's hard to make up what's going on. There are raised voices, whistles and yelps. Young women gesticulate, anxiety worn into their faces.
1:27.3	Shirtless men prowl. Some of them wave sticks above their faces. Shirtless men prowl.
1:29.3	Some of them wave sticks above their heads.
1:32.3	Gradually the situation becomes clear.
1:36.3	Word is going around the city that today a huge fleet of boats is arriving from Florida.
1:43.3	Fidel Castro himself has given his blessing.
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