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FIDEL'S SOVIET Y FRONTS. Widely considered to be the most politically charged underpants in the world, these 100% Soviet cotton “Y” fronts were worn by El Comandante en Jefe, Fidel Castro Ruíz throughout the Bay of Pigs conflict in October 1959. The remar
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CHE GUEVARA'S POETRY Che's poem written in 1965 during a long wait for Congolese recruits. This unique work illustrates Guevara’s genius as a cultural visionary. Che believed that Western popular music could become a powerful revolutionary tool if used by
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CASTRO'S SOLDADO The only remaining combatant of Castro’s childhood army. This tin soldier, was discovered by the Spanish historian Pablo Juan-Ramón Santos de las Fuentes del Corte, under Fidel’s bed at the old family home at Biran, near Mayari (Provincia
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RUBIOS DE CHE This cigarette packet dates back to the Sierra Maestra Campaign. The cigarillos are believed to have belonged to Che Guevara and were produced by his favourite anarcho-syndicalist collective: El Colectivo de Productores de Tabaco Cubano (CPT
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ELVIS'S G STRING This guitar G string was presented to Fidel Castro by Elvis Presley at Harlem’s Hotel Theresa in September 1960. The star was recording tracks for GI Blues at Mercury Studios on 125th Street. El G String de Elvis has been declared a hoax
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BANDERA WARHOLA This design for a Cuban flag was produced in Andy Warhol’s Factory in 1971. Very little is known about Warhol’s relationship with Castro, though the artist was interested in the concept of a pan-American revolutionary aesthetic. While the
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TROCITO DE GRANMA This piece from the vessel El Granma, was collected by CIA Agent Daniel Fernandez after it was attacked by Cuban troops at Playa de Colorados, Cuba in 1956. Fidel Castro, the boat’s captain, managed to escape, however, the majority of hi
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LLAVE INGLESA With this Llave Inglesa, or spanner, Fidel Castro repaired broken farm machinery during El Periodo Especial or The Special Period. Despite lack of replacement parts or food, using this spanner, Castro succeeded in rebuilding his country’s ru