Fidel: Hollywood's Favorite Tyrant

Humberto Fontova

Apr 2012 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Funny name for a man who has threatened the United States with nuclear war, who has made common cause with Islamic terrorists against the United States, and whose people risk death to escape him.

But there's a lot that Hollywood liberals and other Fidel Castro admirers would rather you didn't know about the dictator of Cuba—like how he imprisoned more people as a percentage of population than the prewar Nazis; how Fidel's firing squads killed thousands of Cubans; how Fidel's subjects would rather inject themselves with AIDS than live under his tyranny.

Drawing on a wealth of research—including interviews with former Castro regime officials, anti-Castro freedom fighters, and Castro’s political prisoners—acclaimed author Humberto Fontova reveals the ugly face of the Castro regime.

About the author

Cuban-born Humberto E. Fontova came to the United States when he was seven years old and grew up in New Orleans. He is a graduate of the University of New Orleans and has a master’s degree in Latin American studies from Tulane University. His critically acclaimed truelife adventure books are The Helldiver’s Rodeo (a Publishers Weekly "Book of the Week") and The Hellpig Hunt. Fontova writes and comments frequently on Latin American affairs for both English and Spanish-language media. He lives in New Orleans with his family.