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Secrets and Sacrifices

March 11, 2016

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The Cuba Libre Story - S1 - E7

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Challenges mount in the '80s as Cubans desert their restrictive homeland, cocaine infiltrates the government, and European socialism collapses.

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The Cuba Libre Story: Season 1 - 8 Episode s

1x1 - Breaking Chains
December 11, 2015
After four centuries of Spanish colonial rule, Cubans win their independence, but U.S. intervention at the eleventh hour comes with a price.
1x2 - War and Sugar
December 11, 2015
Cuba flourishes thanks to sugar production, but relations with the U.S. deteriorate, leading to the rise of military strongman Fulgencio Batista.
1x3 - Ganster's Paradise
December 11, 2015
A source of illegal rum during Prohibition, Cuba becomes a haven for the Mafia, which seizes control of the country's popular gambling industry.
1x4 - A Ragtag Revolution
December 11, 2015
On New Year's Day 1959, rebel guerillas led by the Castro brothers and Che Guevara succeed in toppling the corrupt, dictatorial rule of Batista.
1x5 - Making Heroes
March 11, 2016
Heroes of the revolution include the Castros, Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, but Fidel Castro's brutality and radical leftist reforms divide them.
1x6 - Of Soviets and Saviors
March 11, 2016
When Fidel Castro expropriates U.S. businesses and pursues support from the Soviet Union, the CIA sends assassins, saboteurs and invaders to Cuba.
1x7 - Secrets and Sacrifices
March 11, 2016
Challenges mount in the '80s as Cubans desert their restrictive homeland, cocaine infiltrates the government, and European socialism collapses.
1x8 - Moments of Transition
March 11, 2016
In the post-Soviet world, the Castros find mutual support in Venezuela, but the Cold War's conclusion brings the country's isolationism to an end.

The Cuba Libre Story: All seasons

S1: Miniseries
8 Episode s