List of episodes of the series «The Cuba Libre Story»

Breaking Chains

• User score: 5
• Episode number: 1
• Episode description:
  After four centuries of Spanish colonial rule, Cubans win their independence, but U.S. intervention at the eleventh hour comes with a price.

War and Sugar

• User score: 5
• Episode number: 2
• Episode description:
  Cuba flourishes thanks to sugar production, but relations with the U.S. deteriorate, leading to the rise of military strongman Fulgencio Batista.

Ganster's Paradise

• User score: 5
• Episode number: 3
• Episode description:
  A source of illegal rum during Prohibition, Cuba becomes a haven for the Mafia, which seizes control of the country's popular gambling industry.

A Ragtag Revolution

• User score: 5
• Episode number: 4
• Episode description:
  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.

Making Heroes

• User score: 5
• Episode number: 5
• Episode description:
  Heroes of the revolution include the Castros, Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, but Fidel Castro's brutality and radical leftist reforms divide them.

Of Soviets and Saviors

• User score: 5
• Episode number: 6
• Episode description:
  When Fidel Castro expropriates U.S. businesses and pursues support from the Soviet Union, the CIA sends assassins, saboteurs and invaders to Cuba.

Secrets and Sacrifices

• User score: 5
• Episode number: 7
• Episode description:
  Challenges mount in the '80s as Cubans desert their restrictive homeland, cocaine infiltrates the government, and European socialism collapses.

Moments of Transition

• User score: 5
• Episode number: 8
• Episode description:
  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.