The Cuba Libre Story

Season 1

• E1 Breaking Chains 2015-12-11 · 52m After four centuries of Spanish colonial rule, Cubans win their independence, but U.S. intervention at the eleventh hour comes with a price.
• E2 War and Sugar 2015-12-11 · 53m Cuba flourishes thanks to sugar production, but relations with the U.S. deteriorate, leading to the rise of military strongman Fulgencio Batista.
• E3 Gangster's Paradise 2015-12-11 · 52m A source of illegal rum during Prohibition, Cuba becomes a haven for the Mafia, which seizes control of the country's popular gambling industry.
• E4 A Ragtag Revolution 2015-12-11 · 54m 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.
• E5 Making Heroes 2016-03-11 · 54m Heroes of the revolution include the Castros, Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, but Fidel Castro's brutality and radical leftist reforms divide them.
• E6 Of Soviets and Saviors 2016-03-11 · 53m When Fidel Castro expropriates U.S. businesses and pursues support from the Soviet Union, the CIA sends assassins, saboteurs and invaders to Cuba.
• E7 Secrets and Sacrifices 2016-03-11 · 52m Challenges mount in the '80s as Cubans desert their restrictive homeland, cocaine infiltrates the government, and European socialism collapses.
• E8 Moments of Transition 2016-03-11 · 52m 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.