The Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Latin America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692467428)

Gualdo Hidalgo was born in Bayamo, Cuba, in August, 1951. When he was 7 years old, he fled with his father, who was in danger of being killed because he used to travel for business to the area where Fidel Castro's guerrilla operated. Living at the guerrilla whereabouts as a child, he met Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, and he spent two months at Che Guevara's guerrilla headquarter located in El Hombrito, Cuba, while his father stayed there for business with the peasants. When the author was 11 years old, he delivered a speech aired live by the Cuban TV and Radio Havana Cuba during an event celebrating an anniversary of guerrilla Third Front led by Commander Juan Almeida. He started his teaching career in 1975 as Chief of the Department of Philosophy at a Cuban military academy. Later he worked as Head of the Department of Political Studies at the Provincial Institute of Labor Studies, Cuba. He also lectured on Philosophy and Economics at the National School of Economy Administration, Cuba. Furthermore, he graduated from the National School of Broadcasting and The Cuban Institute of Radio and TV, Havana, Cuba, as broadcaster and screenwriter. He is one of the founders of the TV Channel Tele Cristal, Cuba. Gualdo Hidalgo has taught Philosophy, Economics, Spanish Language and Literature, Culture, Politics and TESOL for colleges and universities. He is also a Spanish/English translator and has translated for many corporate institutions like Colgate Palmolive, Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City Department of Transportation, etc. Also, he graduated from Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia, as a teacher of English as a Second Language. He immigrated to the US in 1990 as a former Cuban political prisoner. Hidalgo has been profiled on books published in London and New York by Georgetown University, Harvard University and Freedom House. On the Program Report on Human Rights, 2010, Columbia University requested from Hidalgo to comment about the quality of Columbia University Human Rights Programs. Gualdo Hidalgo has been declared by the Republic of Argentina, by Decree 730 of the Minister of Innovation and Culture, as a Person of International Cultural Importance.