Castro - Man with the Beard!

Read the 4-page comic, "The Man with the Beard!" published in the US in 1959 and answer the following questions in your notebook:

1. What is the message of the comic?
2. How are Castro and the rebels are portrayed?
3. Comment on the tone and message with which the author ends the story - Is Castro a hero to be admired, or a troublemaker to be feared/hated?
4. Why do you think this cartoon was published in the USA?
5. What does it say about the way the revolution was interpreted in the early days of 1959?
6. To what extent can this document can be useful to historians studying the reactions to the Cuban Revolution?

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