Fidel Castro Opens Up In Shocking Interview With A U.S. Journalist

Fidel Castro's Interview With Jeffrey Goldberg

Fidel: 'Cuban Model Doesn't Even Work For Us Anymore' -- The Atlantic

There were many odd things about my recent Havana stopover (apart from the dolphin show, which I'll get to shortly), but one of the most unusual was Fidel Castro's level of self-reflection. I only have limited experience with Communist autocrats (I have more experience with non-Communist autocrats) but it seemed truly striking that Castro was willing to admit that he misplayed his hand at a crucial moment in the Cuban Missile Crisis (you can read about what he said toward the end of my previous post - but he said, in so many words, that he regrets asking Khruschev to nuke the U.S.).

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More News On Fidel Castro's Interview With Jeffrey Goldberg

Report: Castro says Cuban model doesn't work -- AP
Cuban model 'doesn't even work for us any more': Fidel -- AFP
Fidel Castro says Cuban model no longer works -- Reuters

Fidel Castro accuses Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of antisemitism -- The Guardian
Fidel Castro Calls on Iran to Stop Slandering Jews -- Voice of America
Cuba's Fidel Castro criticises Iran over anti-Semitism -- BBC
Report: Castro blasts Ahmadinejad as anti-Semitic -- AP
During Interview With Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, Fidel Castro Talks Israel, Iran -- NPR

Castro: I Was Wrong During Cuban Missile Crisis -- The Atlantic
Fidel Castro admits Cuban Missile Crisis 'wasn't worth it at all' -- The Daily Mail

Fidel Castro redux. Why he's talking so much now. -- Christian Science Monitor
Fidel Castro Has The Atlantic Over for a Visit -- New York Observer
Castro As You Have Never Thought Of Him -- The Atlantic

My Comment: Jeffrey Goldberg's interview is a must read .... especially to those who bought the Castro line for the past 50 years about Cuban style socialism.