Word: canosa
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...enemies in the U.S. are getting weaker." Drummond notes that the Cuban American National Foundation has funneled thousands of dollars to Senators such as Jesse Helms and has been instrumental in lobbying for an anti-Castro policy. But the death last year of its imposing leader, Jorge Mas Canosa, was a critical blow to the group. Since then, the Pope has visited Havana, President Clinton has declawed the Helms-Burton sanctions and influential U.S. businesses have been lobbying furiously for access to Cuba. Suddenly, El Jefe's enemies are the U.S.' enemies...
DIED. JORGE MAS CANOSA, 58, vociferous Castro foe; of lung cancer; in Miami. Canosa trained for the Bay of Pigs invasion but proved fiercer in the halls of Congress, where he lobbied successfully for economic embargoes and the controversial Helms-Burton...
MIAMI: Fidel Castro will sleep just a little bit easier tonight as Miami?s Cuban exile community mourns the death of his would-be nemesis, Jorge Mas Canosa. Indeed, says TIME correspondent and former Havana bureau chief Cathy Booth, ?Castro is probably dancing all over Havana. He?s outlasted umpteen U.S. presidents, and now he?s outlasted the leader of his opposition in Miami...
...Canosa, 58, a telecommunications tycoon, was the founding president of the Cuban American National Foundation, which transformed Cuban exile politics into a powerful mainstream lobby with sway over the White House. Mas Canosa died of lung cancer...
...Like the man he hoped to topple, Mas Canosa led via a fierce personality cult and was accused of being intolerant of dissenting views and potential challengers. ?He was part of the generation that remembers living in Cuba and feels very strongly about Castro,? says Booth. ?Even though there?s some speculation that younger generation exile politicians will be more moderate, I don?t think there will be a fundamental shift in attitude...