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A protester wears a t-shirt with a portrait of Argentinian communist leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara during a protest in front of the Palais de Justice of Amiens on Oct. 19, 2016. The whitewashing of figures like the murderous Guevara is an example of disinformation—the deliberate spread of false information to mold public opinion. FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images
January 2019 marked 60 years since Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba. At the time, the revolution inspired leftist movements throughout Latin America, and started a long-term trend in that direction.
Ronald J. Rychlak is the Jamie L. Whitten chair in law and government at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of several books, including “Hitler, the War, and the Pope,” “Disinformation” (co-authored with Ion Mihai Pacepa), and “The Persecution and Genocide of Christians in the Middle East” (co-edited with Jane Adolphe).