Cuba, Miami & Fidel
A.L. Bardach was called "the go-to journalist on all things Cuban and Miami” by the Columbia Journalism Review, having interviewed dozens of key players including Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Juanita Castro, anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles, CIA and Watergate plumber E. Howard Hunt, anti-Castro militant Orlando Bosch and CIA operative Felix Rodriguez, present for the assassination of Che Guevara.
‘Glory and my place in history do not worry me’: my interview with Fidel Castro: The Guardian (11/2016)
Backlash in Cuba: POLITICO (06/2016)
Prodigal Son: Marco Rubio’s Complicated Cuban Legacy: POLITICO (11/2015)
Obama’s Favorite Castro: POLITICO (08/2015)
Why are Cubans so Special?: New York Times (01/2015)
As Obama makes history over Cuba, will the Castros be the real winners?: The Guardian (12/2014)
The Stomachs of Strongmen: New York Times (08/2011)
Jerry Brown’s Castro Trouble: Daily Beast (10/2010)
Fidel’s Fade Out: Los Angeles Times (11/2009)
Castro Family Values: Daily Beast (09/2009)
The Day Castro Wept: Daily Beast (09/2009)
Trouble in Florida: Daily Beast (10/2008)
Portrait of the Maximum Leader as a Young Man: New York Times (08/2006)
Slander: The Assassination of Humberto Coll: SLATE (07/2005)
Three Ways Bush Makes Castro Happy: Los Angeles Times (06/2005)
Scavenger Hunt: SLATE (10/2004)
Hoodwinked: SLATE (08/2004)
Kerry’s Cuban Problem: SLATE (04/2004)
Oliver Stone’s Twist: SLATE (04/2004)
In Rhythm with the Revolution: Los Angeles Times (02/2004)
Revolutionary Road: Washington Post (02/2004)
Bush Passes on Cuban Exiles’ Right: Los Angeles Times (10/2003)
Spying for the Revolution: Los Angeles Times (05/2003)
A Purge with a Purpose: New York Times (04/2003)
Restraint Saved the Day in 1962: Los Angeles Times (10/2002)
Raging at a Lion in Twilight: Los Angeles Times (08/2002)
My Dinner with Fidel: Los Angeles Times (07/2002)
The Dirty Realism of New Cuban Fiction: Los Angeles Times (03/2001)
Winners, Losers of the Elian Saga: Los Angeles Times (04/2000)
The Cast of Characters in A Family Melodrama: Los Angeles Times (01/2000)
A Boy, a Dad, A Tug of War: Sound Familiar?: Washington Post (01/2000)
Memories of Underdevelopment: Los Angeles Times (10/1998)
Cuban Exile Leader Among 7 Accused of Plot on Castro: New York Times (08/1998)
A Bomber's Tale, Part 2: New York Times (07/1998)
A Bomber's Tale, Part 1: Sidebar: New York Times (07/1998)
Plot On Castro Spotlights A Powerful Group: New York Times (05/1998)
Forbidden Fruit: Los Angeles Times (02/1998)
Vesco’s Last Gamble: Vanity Fair (03/1996)
Casablanca on the Caribbean: Vanity Fair (03/1995)
Conversations with Castro: Vanity Fair (03/1994)
The Story of Marita Lorenz: Vanity Fair (11/1993)