So… according to Benicio del Toro, supposedly Che Guevara ordered printing and distribution of Cervantes’ Don Quixote, after the revolution took Havana. Did a lot of people read it? Was Cuba better off? (Things look bad for the answer to that question, but remember the counterfactual… think how bad Cuba might have been without Don Quixote!) Maybe a regression discontinuity design here?
Friends of African Village Libraries (I post regularly here)- Interview d’une lectrice de la bibliothèque de Dimikuy
- Résumé de la sortie de l’animateur de ABVBF à la bibliothèque de Dohoun
- Photos from Tuy province libraries in Burkina Faso from the past month
- Animation à la bibliothèque de Koumbia
- Compte rendu de la rencontre extraordinaire de Amis des Bibliothèques de Villages du Burkina Faso/ABVBF
- Organisation d’une séance de dessin à la bibliothèque de Koumbia
- Une visite de l’animateur de ABVBF à la bibliothèque communautaire de Koho
- Some recent photos from the mobile library in Hounde, Burkina Faso
- Remise du deuxième prix du meilleur gérant des bibliothèques de la zone du Tuy
- Rencontre des gérants des bibliothèques du Tuy le 4 avril 2026 à la bibliothèque de Karaba
Michael Kevane 
Wasn’t Che also an artist and where are his paintings?
I did not know that. I assume they are displayed in Cuba somewhere if indeed the case. Michael
Michael Kevane Dept. of Economics Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA 95053 408-554-6888 My personal blog and website . See my papers at SSRN . My blogging at Friends of African Village Libraries .