1. This politician was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. He defined his political position as ‘Bolivarianism’, an ideology he developed from that of Simón Bolívar, the South American independence hero. Name the politician. 

2. Alberto Korda was a Cuban photographer best known for his photograph of an Argentine leader, captured in 1960 and titled ‘Guerrillero Heroico’. By the end of the 1960s, the photograph had established this leader as a cultural icon. Today, this powerful image is ubiquitous in art and culture, and is an emblem for an array of causes. Which leader did Korda photograph?

3. The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed landing operation in Cuba in 1961 by Cuban exiles who opposed the Cuban Revolution, covertly financed and directed by the U.S. government. The invasion was also the first CIA attempt to assassinate a Cuban revolutionary who led Cuba from 1959 to 2008. Which Cuban leader were the CIA trying to eliminate?

4. An Indian communist and politician, this leader served as the first Chief Minister of Kerala. Additionally, as a member of the Communist Party of India, he became the first non-Congress Chief Minister in the Indian republic. Name this leader. 

5. When this activist was arrested for her alleged involvement in a shooting, thousands of people across the United States organised movements supporting her release. John Lennon and Yoko Ono also famously contributed to this campaign with a song named after her, which featured in their 1972 album Some Time in New York City. Name this activist who is today a leading voice on race, gender and the U.S. prison system.

6. While this politician was not among the leading poets of his generation, he was trained in Chinese classical literature like most intellectuals of his time. Some of his well-known poems are Changsha (1925), Loushan Pass (1935), and The PLA Captures Nanjing (1949). Name the author of these poems, better known for being the first Chairman of the People’s Republic of China. 

7. Marx Reloaded is a 2011 German documentary film that examines the relevance of Karl Marx’s ideas to the Great Recession. Which popular science-fiction film is the title a wordplay on?