Humberto Fontova

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Humberto Fontova
Born1954
Havana, Cuba
Occupation(s)Author, Columnist, Public Speaker, Political commentator

Humberto Fontova (born 1954) is a

Hannity and Colmes
.

Early life

Fontova was born in 1954 in Havana, Cuba. Fontova's family went into exile to the United States (New Orleans) in 1961, when he was seven years old. Coinciding with their exodus, his father was held prisoner by the regime of Fidel Castro for three months after the Cuban Revolution, although he was later released. A short time later Fontova's cousin Pedro, whom he describes as a "fervent Catholic activist" who spoke out against the new regime, died while in Cuban state custody. The official cause of death given was a heart attack, although Fontova believes he was murdered by police interrogators.[1]

Writing career

Outdoors

As an avid

spear fishing adventure, followed in 2003 by The Hellpig Hunt, about a hunting adventure in the wetlands along the Mississippi River
.

Politics

Fontova later entered the political publishing arena and authored three Cuba-related

Delfin Fernandez. In Exposing the Real Che Guevara, Fontova critiques the life of Che Guevara
and those who lionize him.

Reviews

Robert D. Chapman, a former CIA officer who served in Cuba, wrote in a review of Exposing the Real Che Guevara in the International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence that "His information is based almost exclusively upon exile sources. Some accounts I know are true, some untrue, and others are exaggerated war fables."[2] Writing a review of The Longest Romance in the same journal, Chapman writes that "I don't know where he obtained the many doubtful statistics he cites" and that "Fontova often presents pictures of Cuba that never happened".[3]

Travel author

New York Times or John F. Kennedy.[4] Ultimately, Potts states, the book is "less about Che Guevara than the King Lear-style resentments of the Cuban-Americans who hate him — and the effectiveness of its argument suffers as a result."[4]

Commentator and former research director of the Adam Smith Institute Alex Singleton [5] reviewed Exposing the Real Che Guevara for the Social Affairs Unit. He said that "Fontova's book aims to challenge the mythology surrounding Guevara. At the very least, it will provide useful factual ammunition for conservatives and libertarians."[6] Singleton differed with Fontova's view on libertarian opponents of America's Cuban embargo, saying that, "The embargo has been completely ineffective but created an excuse for Cuba's poor economic performance." Nevertheless, Singleton concluded that the book was an important one, having earlier in the review expressed the hope that it would "encourage scholars to reanalyse the conventional wisdom."[6]

Journalist and

Dow Jones Newswires Michael Casey reviewed Exposing the Real Che Guevara in his 2009 book Che's Afterlife: The Legacy of an Image. Casey described it as "an art form of mixing frustration with ridicule."[7] Casey said that Fontova's prose was a marriage of Ann Coulter with the Gonzo journalism of Hunter S. Thompson, and that Fontova "basically yells at his readers, mixing a sarcastic wit with a touch of self-deprecation until it is overwhelmed by disdain for his opponents."[7] Lastly, Casey observed that Fontova often "lathers himself into a rage" when it comes to the issue of Che Guevara, noting that his barrage of hyperbole leads him to describe Guevara as an "assassin", "sadist", "bumbler", "fool", and "whimpering-sniveling-blubbering coward" who is "revered by millions of imbeciles."[7] Other descriptions by Fontova of Guevara, cited by Casey, were "shallow", "boorish", "epically stupid", "a fraud", a "murdering swine", an "intellectual vacuum", and an "insufferable Argentine jackass."[8]

Works

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-59523-027-0
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  2. doi:10.1080/08850600802698333
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  3. doi:10.1080/08850607.2014.872542
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  4. ^ a b c d Potts, Rolf (January 27, 2009). "Che: The Ronald McDonald of Revolution". World Hum.
  5. ^ Alex Singleton bio page Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine at the Institute for Humane Studies
  6. ^ a b Singleton, Alex (March 6, 2008). "Alex Singleton on the two Che Guevaras". Social Affairs Unit.
  7. ^
    ISBN 978-0-307-27930-9
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  8. ^ Fontova, Humberto (October 8, 2009). "Che Guevara: Assassin, Coward, Imbecile". Canada Free Press.
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