Jungle Love
April 21, 2006
February, 1957: Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro is assumed by his government and many news outlets to be dead. In fact, Castro is hiding in the jungle and eager to meet with an American journalist. A cable is sent to New York Times editorial writer Herbert L. Matthews, urging him to come to Cuba. But was Matthews, who had a tendency to over-sympathize with his story subjects, the best man for the job? Brooke speaks with Times reporter Anthony DePalma, author of “The Man Who Invented Fidel.”
