Description
The Biography includes a Preface by Cuban Commander Fidel Castro Frei Bettos roles as a revolutionary Christian, popular educator, social movement articulator, and journalist/writer provide insight into the political and religious history not only of Brazil, but of Cuba and former socialist countries of Eastern Europe.
Americo Oscar Guichard Freire is associate professor and researcher at the Center for Research and Documentation of Contemporary History of Brazil (CPDOC) of the Getulio Vargas Foundation. Evanize Martins Sydow, author of the biography of Dom Paulo Evaristo Arns and curator of the exhibition Dom Paulo Evaristo Arns, 95 Years. Dr Sydow also coordinates a project on solidarity networks during military dictatorships in Latin America (Caritas Brasileira). Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008.