Osvaldo Salas
Cinco puntos de Fidel

Cinco puntos de Fidel

© 1982 Osvaldo Salas

Cinco puntos de Fidel
Cinco puntos de Fidel
ArtistCuban, 1914–1992
CultureCuban
Titles
  • Cinco puntos de Fidel
  • Five Points of Fidel
Date1982
PlaceCuba
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/sheet: 7 7/8 × 9 13/16 in. (20 × 24.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the estate of Esther Parada
Object number2006.409
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 314
On view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

The title of this photograph, taken in 1982, links Fidel Castro’s gesture to a crucial speech 20 years earlier aimed at President John F. Kennedy amid the Cuban Missile Crisis. Castro outlined five conditions for Cuba’s consent to the withdrawal of Soviet missiles from its territory:

1.            Ending the economic blockade and other commercial and economic pressures

2.            Ending subversive activities

3.            Ending pirate attacks

4.            Ending violations of Cuban airspace

5.            Withdrawal from the Guantanamo Naval Base and its return to the Cuban government.

At the time, however, Castro was unaware that President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev were already discussing missile withdrawal without Cuba’s participation.

 

El título de esta fotografía, tomada en 1982, vincula el gesto de Fidel Castro con un discurso crucial pronunciado 20 años antes, dirigido al presidente John F. Kennedy durante la Crisis de los Misiles. En él, Castro presentó cinco condiciones para consentir la retirada del armamento:

1.            Fin del bloqueo económico y otras presiones comerciales y económicas.

2.            Fin de las actividades subversivas.

3.            Fin de los ataques piratas.

4.            Fin de las violaciones del espacio aéreo cubano.

5.            Retirada de la Base Naval de Guantánamo y devolución de su territorio.

Sin embargo, Castro desconocía que Kennedy y el líder soviético Nikita Jrushchov ya estaban negociando la retirada de los misiles sin la participación de Cuba.


ProvenanceEsther Parada, Saxtons River, Vermont; given to MFAH, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on verso upper right: " 5 puntos de Fidel "
Marked in pencil on verso: " M-29 - 8-6", " 'Five Points of Fidel' / SALAS... "
Marked in ink on verso center: "foto / Osvaldo Salas / 82"

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