Word: albertini
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...everyone involved in the fractious debate has political ambitions. Jorge Albertini, 26, an architect who emigrated in 1980, believes his countrymen have lost the will to help themselves. "The majority of people there are used to the system taking care of them. Now that it's not, they're so concerned with the lack of food, electricity and gas that they've forgotten about the . greater goal of getting rid of Castro." Albertini wants the U.N. to impose a total blockade on Cuba, even if such a move causes heightened hardship for residents, including his grandmother and aunt. "A blockade...