The Hero Castro Called a Traitor Arnaldo Ochoa's transformation from celebrated war hero to executed traitor represents one of the most dramatic falls in Cuban revolutionary history. After decades of leading Cuban forces in Africa and Latin America, winning critical battles that sustained Cuba's international revolutionary ambitions, Ochoa returned home to parades and medals while Castro privately plotted his downfall. The drug trafficking charges that sealed his fate were partially credible onl

Che Guevara: Doctor, Killer, Icon Che Guevara's transformation from Argentine doctor to Castro's executioner to global icon represents one of history's most complex revolutionary figures. After 1959, he ran La Cabaña fortress where firing squads operated daily, openly stating that judicial proof wasn't necessary for executions. Yet he differed from typical power-seekers by choosing poverty, rejecting wealth, and abandoning his ministerial position to fight in foreign wars for ideological beliefs

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