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He Saw Fascism As a Fight of the Bourgeoisie, Intelligence Agencies Followed Him all the Time, Several Countries Expelled Him: The Political Journey of Lombardo Toledano

Lombardo Toledano was born in 1894, in Teziutlán, located in the mountains of Puebla. He died in Mexico City in 1968 following the massacre of the students in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Tlatelolco and the jubilant sports competition of the Olympic Games.

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The Duel that Became the Cause of the Cold War

The whole era of the Cold War is marked by conflict on different levels, and one of these levels is ideology. The polarization after World War II brought opposite ideas onto the social and political spectrum.

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He Knew People: A Private Citizen Was a Powerful Political Player

A man whose career success happened when he left an official diplomatic activity.

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Was the “Cold War” Actually a War?

The constant threat of a nuclear strike from either side was something people lived with every day…

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A Secret Conversation On Cuban-Sponsored Guerilla Warfare in Transit Through Prague

In 1967 Aldo Flores, a member of the PCB Central Committee, participated as a Bolivian CP delegate to the SED Congress in Berlin and then visited the USSR. He wanted to use his transit through Prague to inform the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia of recent events in Bolivia…

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