In November 1989, Major Paredes, the second man in Cuban intelligence in Prague, decides to pass top secret information to the CIA, in the midst of the debacle of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe. In Washington, his betrayal provokes doubts and skepticism, even though Javier Puig, the Cuban-American spy who served as Paredes’ liaison and old friend, tries to convince Langley that this is not a Cuban provocation or infiltration, but the decision of a brave man who, putting his own life at stake, is trying to help the fall of Fidel Castro’s regime.
H.L. Guerra books
H.L. Guerra (Humberto López y Guerra) is a Swedish novelist and film director born in Cuba. He has directed more than 20 documentaries and television series.
2012 he published El traidor de Praga (The Traitor from Prague). The novel was among the ten most sold novels that year according to The Miami Herald (Spanish edition) whose critics described it as “a milestone in the genre of espionage in Spanish language literature”. In 2016, H.L. Guerra presented with great success his new novel Triángulo de espías (Spy Triangle), at The Miami Book Fair. Librotea, the Spanish newspaper El País book blog recommends Tríangulo de espías (Spy triangle), as one of the top 10 new spy novels about North Korea and ISIS.
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Federico García Lorca was a Spanish poet and playwright who, like few modern poets, gained international fame. At the dawn of the Spanish civil war, in 1936, he was assassinated in Granada by Franco’s supporters. 40 years after his cold-blooded execution, the first true film about his last days and death is released. Many of his closest relatives and friends participate in the film.
Good news for those who are interested in buying or renting “Federico García Lorca: murder in Granada”. The film is now for sale/rental:
At the end of April, a film crew from Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF interviewed me during three days for a documentary produced by Ma.ja.de filmproduktion. The 90-minute documentary will be shown on German television in the beginning of next year 2024
Friday, November 4, 2022, the Videodrome in Marseille presented a retrospective of Cuban films from the 60s. Among the films shown were a couple of Humberto’s early documentaries, Beny Moré, A Last Farewell and Carlos.
The traitor of Prague, audiobook.
Narrated by the author H.L. Guerra!
Do not miss it!