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Cueva de los Portales

Che Guevara HQ in the 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis.

Aired 09/11/2013 | Rating NR

Counting On Birds

Cueva de los Portales

Clip | 1m 1s

Che Guevara HQ in the 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis.

Willem Lange introduces us to this Cuban national monument, a spectacular limestone cave about 15km from Parque la Güira. The cave was used as headquarters for Che Guevara during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

Aired 09/11/2013 | Rating NR

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