Cubans Cry About the Death of a U. S. Icon

    The death this week of the legendary American entertainer and Civil Rights leader Harry Belafonte has greatly saddened Cubans in Cuba.

     This week major television news programs in Cuba, such as the one above, have led with the sadness Cubans feel after the death of Harry Belafonte at age 96 this week. Whereever he went, especially in Cuba and the U. S., Mr. Belafonte showed his support and respect for the Cuban Revolution and the Cuban people that overthrew the U.S.-backed/Mafia-backed Batista dictatorship on January 1st of 1959.

The Cuban Revolution and Harry Belafonte.

     There were many public visits and many private discussions between Harry Belafonte and Fidel Castro.

The legends: Castro and Belafonte.

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