Word: castros
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Mann came into his own after Vice President Nixon was stoned and spat upon in Caracas and Castro rose to power in Cuba in 1958. He was then serving as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, and he took a leading role in the U.S. analysis of what was going wrong in Latin America. There was no doubt in Mann's mind; economically, Latin America was still a continent of a few thousand haves and millions of have-nots living under the remnants of a feudal system inherited from Spain and Portugal. After World War II, however, Latin...
Mere Hoping Can Hurt. Back in Washington, even with the increased authority provided by Johnson, Mann will find his new job a man killer. To succeed, time, money and genius are needed-and none of them are plentiful. Through Fidel Castro, the Communists are actively pushing violent revolution designed to grab half a dozen Latin American nations before Western-style democracy, fed by development, can take root. It is increasingly obvious that a policy of coexisting with Castro, while merely hoping that the governments he threatens will be strong enough to resist, hurts rather than helps. Thus, U.S. policy toward...
Furthermore, Betancourt took his military chiefs into his political confidence. They were consulted on opposition to Castro, petroleum policy and other executive decisions. When his regime was subjected to terrorist attacks and a rightist assassination plot, the armed forces backed him all the way. The military's finest hour came in the 1962 uprising of a small group of marines and Red-led civilians at the Puerto Cabello naval base. The air force mounted blazing air attacks, and loyal troops crushed the rebels in vicious street fighting that cost 300 casualties...
...Viva Fidel." National headquarters of the pro-Castro Fair Play for Cuba Committee in Manhattan also turned up letters from Oswald. The first, written from Dallas last April, said: "I do not like to ask for something for nothing but I am unemployed. Since I am unemployed I stood yesterday for the first time in my life, with a placard around my neck, passing out fair play for Cuba pamphlets, etc. I only had 15 or so. In 40 minutes they were all gone. I was cursed as well as praised by some. My home-make placard said 'Hands...
Calling in ambassadors of the hemisphere nations, Venezuela's Foreign Minister accused Castro of "an act of aggression." He announced that Venezuela would demand an emergency OAS Council meeting, and President Betancourt proposed a concerted hemisphere campaign to oust Castro from Cuba. "Joint action will be necessary," he said, "to finish with this bridgehead of Communism in Latin America...