Brian Latell teaches at Florida International University's School of Public Policy. A former national intelligence officer for Latin America for the CIA, he's the author of several books on the Castros, including After Fidel: Raul Castro and the Future of Cuba's Revolution and History Will Absolve Me: Fidel Castro: Life and Legacy (Kindle). He is a former senior research associate at the University of Miami's Institute for Cuban and Cuban American Studies.
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