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Celia and Fidel: why the timing is perfect for a new play about Castro by David Smith In Washington

Playwright Eduardo Machado discusses his revealing new play that looks at the relationship between the Cuban revolutionary and Celia Sánchez Fidel Castro is back in the news. Senator Bernie Sanders, favourite for the Democratic nomination for US president, recently noted that when the Cuban revolutionary gained power in 1959, he launched a massive literacy programme. "Is that a bad thing, even if Fidel Castro did …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PM on March 3, 2020

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