Título: Juan Manuel Fangio
Seção: Kidnapping
Background: Fangio's grandfather, Giuseppe Fangio, emigrated to Buenos Aires from Italy in 1887. Giuseppe managed to buy his own farm near Balcarce within three years by making charcoal from tree branches. His father, Loreto, emigrated to Argentina from the small central Italian town of Castiglione Messer Marino in the Chieti province of the Abruzzo region. His mother, Herminia Deramo, was from Tornareccio, slightly to the north.

Conteúdo: The Batista Dictatorship of Cuba established the non-Formula One Cuban Grand Prix in 1957. Fangio won the 1957 event, and had set fastest times during practice for the 1958 race. On 23 February 1958, two unmasked gunmen of Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement entered the Hotel Lincoln in Havana and kidnapped Fangio at gunpoint. The motive was simple: By capturing the biggest name in motorsport the rebels were showing up the government and attracting worldwide publicity to their cause. But despite the shocking news spreading across the globe, President Batista would not be outdone and ordered the race to continue as usual while a crack team of police hunted down the kidnappers. They set up roadblocks at intersections, and guards were assigned to private and commercial airports and to all competing drivers.  Fangio was taken to three separate houses. His captors allowed him to listen to the race via radio, bringing a television for him to witness reports of a disastrous crash after the race concluded. In the third house, Fangio was allowed his own bedroom but became convinced that a guard was standing outside of the bedroom door at all hours. The captors talked about their revolutionary programme which Fangio had not wished to speak about as he did not have an interest in politics. Convinced that he was not in danger he went on to develop a case of Stockholm Syndrome, admitting afterwards that he sympathised with his captors' actions: "Well, this is one more adventure. If what 

user: Was Fangio kidnapped at some point in his life?

assistant: kidnapped Fangio at gunpoint.

user: Who kidnapped him?

assistant: two unmasked gunmen of Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement

user: What was their motivation for kidnapping him?

assistant: The motive was simple: By capturing the biggest name in motorsport the rebels were showing up the government

user: How did the situation get resolved?

assistant: " Fangio was released after 29 hours

user: Was he hurt at all during the time he was with the kidnappers?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Were the kidnappers punished?

assistant: Cubans were convinced that Batista was losing his power because he failed to track the captors down.

user: How did the kidnapping affect Fangio?

assistant: he remained a good friend of his captors afterwards.

user: Did his kidnapping have any larger political consequences?

assistant: After Fangio was handed over to the Argentine embassy soon after the race,

user: What happened after he was handed over to the embassy?

assistant: race, many Cubans were convinced that Batista was losing his power because he failed to track the captors down.

user: What other aspects of his kidnapping are pertinent?

assistant: The Fangio kidnapping was dramatized

user: Was it made into a movie?

assistant: Argentine film