Island that Dared

by Dervla Murphy

Castro, Fidel anti-corruption campaign, 1, 2

  Belen College, at, 1

  birth, 1

  Bush, attitude of, 1

  Che, as friend of, 1

  Che, banishing, 1

  Commander-in-Chief of the Rebel Armed Forces, as, 1

  Cubans, arming, 1, 2

  dictator, as, 1

  drug-trafficking, attitude to, 1

  executions by, 1, 2, 3

  father, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  future of Cuba, consideration of, 1

  Gran Piedra, climbing, 1

  green credentials, lack of, 1

  illness, reaction to, 1, 2

  Kennedy, opinion of, 1

  liberator, as, 1

  Main Report to the 2nd Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, 1

  Moncado barracks, attack on, 1

  moral code, waning, 1

  mother, 1, 2

  My Life, 1, 2

  oratorical marathons, 1

  past mistakes, admitting, 1, 2

  personal opinions of, 1

  personal wealth, 1, 2

  private enterprise, restriction of, 1

  private parties, distaste for, 1

  protest march, at, 1

  Raúl, power passed to, 1

  real age, 1

  redistribution by, 1

  resentment of, 1

  security, 1

  Soviet brutality in Czechoslovakia, condoning, 1

  transport shambles, reaction to, 1

  US, visits to, 1

  writings, 1, 2

  Castro, Juanita, 1

  Castro, Raúl attitudes to, 1

  insignificant appearance, 1

  power passed to, 1

  President, as, 1

  Central Post Office, 1

  Centre for Molecular Immunology, 1, 2

  Céspedes, Carlos Manuel de, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Chavez, Hugo, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Chaviano, Colonel, 1

  Chibas, Eduardo, 1

  Child beggars, 1, 2

  Child prostitution, 1, 2

  Chinese in Cuba, 1

  Chivirico, 1

  Chocolate, 1

  CIA activities of, 1, 2

  JM/WAVE station, 1

  Cienfuegos, Camilo, 1, 2

  Cienfuegos cathedral, 1, 2

  cemeteries, 1

  ferry out of, 1

  foundation, 1

  hurricanes, 1

  Juragua nuclear plant, 1, 2

  Palacio de Valle, 1

  Palacio Ferreris, 1

  Parque Martí, 1, 2

  pollution, 1

  port, 1

  Punta Gorda, 1

  World Heritage Site, as, 1

  Ciro Redondo, 1

  Cisneros, Gaspar Betancourt, 1

  Class war, 1

  Cocaine, shipment to Florida, 1

  Coffee farming, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Cold War, phoney, 1, 2

  Coltman, Leycester, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Columbus, Christopher, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, 1, 2

  Committee for the Defence of the Revolution, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Communist Cuba, horrors of, 1

  Communist Party, 1

  Community culture, 1

  Cooper, Robert, 1

  Cordillera Guaniguanico, 1, 2

  Cots, Reverend Nerva, 1

  Council of State, 1

  Cowboys, 1

  Cromwell, Oliver, 1

  Crowder, Colonel Enoch, 1, 2

  Cuba acts of violence, US funding, 1, 2

  biological warfare research and development, 1

  British knowledge of, 1, 2

  Castroism, future of, 1

  commandos in, 1

  democracy, wanting, 1

  diplomatic relations, 1

  economic realities of, 1, 2

  elections, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  energy crisis, solving, 1

  healthcare, contribution to, 1, 2

  humanitarian internationalism, criticism of, 1, 2

  medical care, 1, 2

  moral degradation, protection from, 1

  multi-party democracy, position to embrace, 1

  municipalities, running of, 1

  offers to Spain for, 1

  racial mix, 1

  railway, 1

  street violence, incident of, 1

  suffrage, 1

  sustainable development, 1

  terrorism, exposure to, 1

  tourism, 1, 2

  UK investment, limited, 1

  US companies trading with, penalising, 1

  Cuba Human Rights Foundation, 1

  Cuba Libre movement, 1

  Cuban American National Foundation, 1

  UNITA, partnership with, 1, 2

  Cuban librarianship, 1, 2

  Cuban Missile Crisis, 1, 2

  Cuban Representation in Exile (RECE), 1

  Cubans-only hotels, 1

  Cubans travelling abroad, relaxation of restrictions, 1

  Cuerto, 1

  Currency two-tier, 1, 2

  varying regulations, 1

  Currency exchange, 1, 2

  Dana, Richard Henry, 1 To Cuba and Back, 1

  Death penalty, 1, 2

  Debray, Regis, 1

  Department of Internal Security, Immigration Section, 1, 2, 3

  Dissidents jailing, 1, 2, 3

  Raúl, release by, 1

  Dog coats, 1

  Dos Rios Monumento Marti, 1, 2

  Drake, Francis, 1, 2

  Ediciones José Martí, 1

  Ediciones Vigia, 1

  Edificio Bacardi, 1

  El Maja, 1, 2

  Elgin, Lord, 1

  Emilio Bacardi Moreau museum, 1

  Escambray, 1, 2

  Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina, 1

  Espejo, 1

  Espin, Vimla, 1

  Faligot, Roger, 1

  Farinas, Guillermo, 1

  Farmer, Paul, 1

  Farming, 1, 2

  Farola, La, 1

  Figuerado, Perucho, 1

  Finca La Vigia, 1

  Finca Las Manacas, 1

  First Havana Declaration, 1, 2

  Flight to Cuba, 1

  Florida, transfer to US, 1

  Food-rationing, 1, 2

  Forced labour camps, 1

  Foreigners, Cuban attitude to, 1

  Frieden, Miles, 1

  Fungi, 1

  Garcia, General Calixto Iniguez, 1, 2

  Gellhorn, Martha, 1, 2

  Gomez, Eugenio, Marisol and Paula, 1

  Gomez, General Juan Gualberto, 1

  Gomez, José Miguel, 1

  Gomez, Maximo, 1

  Gonzales, Elián, 1, 2

  Gott, Richard Cuba: A New History, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Granma, 1

  Great Patriotic Strike, 1

  Greene, Graham, 1, 2

  Guantanamo, 1

  Guantanamo Bay, 1, 2, 3 conditions at, 1

  Cuban rafters in, 1, 2

  Haitians held at, 1, 2

  prisoners, 1, 2

  Guardia, Colonel Tony de la, 1, 2

  Guardia, General Patricio de la, 1

  Guerrilla warfare, study of, 1

  Guevera, Aleida, 1

  Guevera, Che, 1, 2, 3 African Dream, 1

  anti-capitalism, 1

  background, 1

  Battle of Santa Clara, 1

  Bolivian Diaries, 1, 2

  Bolivian venture, 1, 2

  Congo, in, 1, 2

  cult of, 1, 2

  demands, 1, 2

  guerrilla career, resuming, 1, 2

  horse, eating, 1

  Marxism, adherence to, 1

  Memorial, 1, 2, 3

  murder of, 1

  museum exhibits, 1, 2

  New Man, vision of, 1, 2

  parents, 1

  reburial, 1

  Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War, 1, 2, 3

  Santa Clara celebration, 1

  Sierra Maestre to Las V
illas, expedition, 1

  Soviet Union, in, 1

  terrorist, as, 1

  writings, 1, 2

  Guinea-Bissau, cooperation with, 1, 2

  Hacienda Sevilla, 1

  Haemorrhagic dengue fever, 1, 2

  Haiti, US intervention in, 1

  Hanabanilla, 1

  Handicapped, treatment of, 1

  Hart, Armand, 1, 2

  Hart, Phillip, 1

  Havana architecture, 1

  Barrio Chino, 1, 2

  beggars, 1

  buses, 1

  Callejon de Hamel, 1

  Casa de las Americas, 1

  Central, 1

  China, new buses from, 1

  Coppelia Emporium, 1, 2, 3

  dachshunds, 1

  decay, 1

  Fe del Valle Park, 1, 2

  fortifications, 1

  Malecón, 1, 2

  Miramar, 1, 2

  Museo Montaine Antropologico, 1

  Museum of the Revolution, 1

  nineteenth century, in, 1, 2

  Parque Antonio Macea, 1

  police in, 1, 2

  population, 1, 2

  port, 1, 2

  San Rafael, 1, 2

  smell, 1

  social history, 1

  stereotypes, 1

  traffic, 1

  treasure fleets anchoring in, 1

  Havana Airport, 1

  Havana-Bayamo train service, 1

  Helms, Jesse, 1, 2

  Hemingway, Ernest, 1

  Henry Reeves Brigade, 1, 2, 3

  Herradura, 1

  Hispano-English War, 1

  Holguin, 1

  Home births, 1

  Homophobia, 1

  Human rights, denial of, 1

  Huracan, meaning, 1

  Hurricane Dennis, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Hurricane Michelle, 1

  Hurricane Wilma, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Hurricanes awareness raising, 1

  bonding by, 1, 2

  coffee plantations, damage to, 1

  Cuba’s defence against, 1

  descriptions of, 1

  effects, 1

  historians ignoring, 1

  susceptibility of Cuba to, 1

  Hyperpyrexia, (heatstroke), 1

  Initiative for a New Cuba, 1

  Isle of Pines, 1

  Jamaica Kingston, 1, 2

  Norman Manley Airport, 1, 2

  Jibacoa, 1

  Jineterismo, 1, 2

  Johnson, Professor Kevin, 1

  Justice system, evolution of, 1

  Kabila, Laurent, 1

  Kennedy, John F., 1

  Key West, 1 Five Brothers Grocery, 1

  San Carlos Hall, 1, 2

  Killer dog teams, 1, 2

  Kurhotel, 1

  La Palma, 1

  Lage Davila, Carlos, 1

  Lake Hanabanilla, 1, 2

  Las Cuevas, 1

  Lavin, Paula and Ernesto, 1, 2

  Leather, exporting hides for, 1

  Leiva, Juan Carlos Gonzales, 1

  Lobo, Julio, 1

  Loma de la Cruz, 1

  Lopez, Narcisco, 1

  Lopéz, Nico, 1

  Los Arroyos, journey to, 1

  Luz, 1, 2

  Machado y Morales, Gerardo, 1

  Magoon, Charles, 1

  Malnourishment, 1, 2

  Mandela, Nelson, 1, 2, 3

  Manicaragua, 1

  Manzanillo, 1, 2, 3

  Mariel exodus, 1

  Martí, José, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Mas Canosa, Jorge, 1, 2

  Maso, Bartolomé, 1

  Matos, Huber, 1, 2

  Mayari, 1, 2

  Mazaparra, Vicente and Flora, 1

  McCarry, Caleb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Medical Association of Cuba, 1

  Mencia, Mario Fertile Prison, The, 1

  Menocal y Deop, Mario, 1

  Miami, 1, 2 illegals in, 1

  Miami Airport, 1, 2

  Miami Five, case against, 1

  Miami Medical Team Foundation, 1

  Military Units to Aid Production, 1

  Mirador Los Malones, 1

  Miro-Cardona, José, 1

  Mississippi Consortium for International Development, 1, 2

  Mogotes, 1

  Moncado barracks, 1

  Morales, Pedro de, 1

  Morgan, Henry, 1

  Munoz, Mario, 1

  Museo del Carnaval, 1

  Myngs, Christopher, 1

  National Electoral Commission, 1

  National General Assembly, 1

  National Institute for Agrarian Reform, 1

  Nationalisations, 1

  Necropolis de Colon, 1

  Nicaragua Mosquito Coast, ethnic cleansing, 1

  Non-governmental organisations, 1, 2

  Nunez, Carlos Dupuy, 1, 2

  O’Connell, Daniel, 1

  Ochoa, Division General Arnaldo, 1

  Oil reserves, use of, 1

  Old Havana, 1, 2, 3

  Operation Miracle, 1, 2

  Organic agriculture, 1, 2

  Oriente, 1, 2

  Osorio, Chicho, 1

  Oviedo, Gonzalo Fernandez de, 1

  Padilla, Herberto, 1

  Palma, Thomas Estrada, 1, 2, 3

  Palms, 1, 2

  Partido Revolucionario Cubana, 1

  Pens, shortage of, 1

  Perche, 1

  Perez Roque, Felipe, 1 Dissidents, The, 1, 2

  Perez, Jorge, 1, 2

  Perez, Louis A. Winds of Change, 1

  Pico San Juan, 1

  Pico Turquino, 1

  Pigs, 1

  Pinar del Rio, 1, 2 Catedral de San Rosendo, 1, 2

  Platt Amendment, 1, 2

  Playa Giron, 1 Invasion Museum, 1

  Playa La Mulata, 1

  Playa Larga, 1

  Pluto Plan, 1

  Posada Carriles, Luis, 1

  Poverty, reproduction of, 1

  Powell, Colin, 1

  Power failures, 1, 2, 3

  Preventative health care, 1

  Prio, Carlos, 1

  Prisons, inspection of, 1

  Project Democracy, 1

  Prostitution, 1, 2, 3

  Providencia, 1

  Public buses, 1

  Raby, Professor D. L., 1

  Racism apartheid, 1

  foreign investors, of, 1, 2

  increase in, 1

  legislation, 1

  pre-1959, 1

  Radio Martí, protest march against, 1, 2

  Railways, 1, 2, 3

  Ramose, Anna and Fabian, 1

  Realpolitik, 1

  Reforestation, 1

  Refugees, 1

  Regla ferry, 1

  Regla, 1

  Revolutionary socialism, alternatives to, 1, 2

  Revuelta, Rawuel, 1

  Rice, Condoleeza, 1

  Risco, Professor Enrique del, 1

  Roca, Vladimiro, 1

  Root, Elihu, 1

  Rose, David, 1

  Rum Museum, 1, 2

  Rum, 1

  Ryan, Charles, 1

  Saco, José Antonio, 1, 2

  Salcedo, Rafael, 1

  San Antonio de Baja, 1, 2

  San Cristobal, 1

  San Domingo-Bartolomé Maso road, 1, 2

  Sanchez, Celia, 1

  Sancti Spiritus, 1, 2

  Santa Clara, 1, 2 battle of, 1, 2

  celebration of Che, 1

  Che Memorial, 1, 2, 3

  food market, 1

  Parque Vidal, 1

  Protestant church, 1

  University, 1, 2, 3

  Santa Maria del Puerto del Principe, 1

  Santiago de Cuba, 1, 2 Casa de la Trova, 1, 2

  Casa de las Religiones Populares, 1

  Catedral de Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion, 1

  Hotel Casa Granda, 1

  Loma de San Juan, 1

  music, 1, 2

  music college, 1

  Parque Cespedes, 1


  seafront promenade, 1, 2

  Santiago de las Vegas (Los Cocos), 1

  Sarria, Pedro, 1

  Savimbi, Jonas, 1

  Schwartz, Rosalie Pleasure Island, 1

  Shafter, General William Rufus, 1, 2

  Shopping, 1, 2

  Siboney, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Sierra de la Gran Piedra, 1, 2

  Sierra del Escambray, 1, 2

  Sierra del Purial, 1

  Sierra Maestra, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Sierra Rosario, 1, 2

  SIM military police, execution of, 1

  Slavery abolition, 1, 2

  prohibition, 1

  Slaves cafetale, 1, 2

  hurricanes, casualties of, 1

  sugar plantations, on, 1

  trading, 1

  Smith, Earl, 1

  Snakes, 1

  SOA Watch, 1

  Social Defence Code, 1

  Socialism Cuban, description of, 1, 2

  Songbirds, 1, 2

  Soto, Hernando de, 1

  South Africa, post-apartheid, 1, 2

  Sovietisation, 1

  Special Period apparent failure, continued support for, 1

  austerity of, 1

  Castroism surviving, 1

  industries hard hit by, 1

  meaning, 1

  recovery, cost of, 1

  struggle to survive during, 1, 2

  survival of, 1

  Strachey, William, 1

  Strategic exercise, 1

  Student Inspector Brigade, 1

  Suchlicki, Jaime, 1, 2

  Sugar, growing, 1

  Sugar market, control of, 1

  Sugar mills, 1

  Sugar plantations, 1

  Sustain, 1

  Swallow Project, 1

  Swine fever, 1

  Tainos, 1, 2 women, 1

  Ten Year War, 1

  Thomas, Hugh, 1

  Tizol, Ernesto, 1

  Tobacco harvesting, 1, 2

  Topes de Collantes, 1

  Tourism, money from, 1

  Transport problems, 1

  Travel writers, enhancement ofincidents by, 1, 2