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Looking Back On Life In Revolutionary Cuba

Thursday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1959 revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power. Luis Rumbaut recalls his experiences as a 9-year-old boy when Castro's army took control of Cuba. And a former journalist talks about reporting from Havana during the revolution.

Guests:

Luis Rumbaut, lived through the Cuban revolution as a young boy

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George Volsky, a former journalist who was in Havana during the revolution

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