@article{1356376,
      recid = {1356376},
      title = {The Ochoa affair a cuban military idol toppled /  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (61 min.).},
      year = {2001},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {Arnando Ochoa was a revered military commander in Cuba,  leader of 50,000 troops who triumphed in Angola, and a  staunch supporter of Fidel Castro. In June of 1989 he was  arrested by Raul Castro and put on trial for drug  trafficking, negligence of duty, and misappropriation of  hard currency. The country was rocked by the televised show  trial. A generation of young men had grown up with a belief  in the righteousness of the revolution. Yet Fidel had led  them to a costly victory in Africa where many young Cuban  soldiers died or were maimed. There were severe shortages  of food, water, drugs and electricity after the Russians  pulled out and the U.S. embargo was imposed. Narrated  passionately by a disenchanted supporter of the revolution,  The Ochoa Affair combines unique archival footage,  compelling narration and inventive graphics. The cream of  Cuba's leadership was brought down by the military  tribunal, perhaps sacrificed to the despotic whim of Fidel  Castro. The truth may never be known definitively as to  whether the men committed the deeds for which their lives  were taken. But we are as close as we will ever be to the  workings of justice in a Latin American dictatorship.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1356376},
}