Spanish Film Festival: A History of an Assignment

Tuesday, Oct. 17, 7-9:30 p.m.

A-1046

A History of an Assignment.

Thanks to recently declassified documents, A History of an Assignment uncovers an unknown episode of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The threat of nuclear conflict was not eliminated by the Khrushchev-Kennedy negotiations. Indeed, Fidel Castro, who was not invited to take part in the talks, learned about them from the press and was greatly hurt to see Cuba become a bargaining chip between the USSR and the USA and his own role reduced to that of an extra.

Presented by Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Latin American and Caribbean Studies Research Group

Event Listing 2023-10-17 19:00:00 2023-10-17 21:30:00 America/St_Johns Spanish Film Festival: A History of an Assignment A History of an Assignment. Thanks to recently declassified documents, A History of an Assignment uncovers an unknown episode of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The threat of nuclear conflict was not eliminated by the Khrushchev-Kennedy negotiations. Indeed, Fidel Castro, who was not invited to take part in the talks, learned about them from the press and was greatly hurt to see Cuba become a bargaining chip between the USSR and the USA and his own role reduced to that of an extra. A-1046 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Latin American and Caribbean Studies Research Group