Raul Esparza on His Father's Disillusionment with Castro
Season 8
Episode 3
About the Episode
“They really did think, ‘New government, new hope, new chance’ “: Raul Esparza describes his father’s and his uncle’s disillusionment with the new Castro regime in Cuba as it became more and more repressive.
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