Word: brigada
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Fidel Castro to attain his goal of a record 10 million-ton sugar harvest. Last week the 216 docked at St. John, N.B., and another 600 young militants boarded the same ship to replace them. The achievements of the first group may prove difficult to duplicate. Taking the name Brigada Venceremos (rough translation: the We Shall Overcome Brigade), they worked alongside Cuban workers, including, on one occasion, none other than Fidel, who is said to spend at least four hours a day cutting cane. After nearly two months, the 216 Americans reached their goal: a harvest...
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