Word: castros
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Republican beat Kennedy in 1964? "If he keeps on doing what he is doing, he'll probably beat himself," said Barry. Was Bobby Kennedy's Justice Department stalling on the prosecution of "students" who defied U.S. travel regulations and paid a propaganda visit to Castro's Cuba? "I'm not as close to Bobby as I was. He threatens a lot of people, and about all he does is walk the dog." How would Barry treat an unpatriotic teen-aged girl? "Maybe if she took off her tennis shoes and got her hair cut and took...
With the Dec. 1 presidential elections drawing closer, Venezuela's embattled President Rómulo Betancourt faces mounting attacks by the rabidly pro-Castro F.A.L.N. terrorists who are determined to make a mockery of law and order. For a few hours last week, Betancourt seemed to have won a round against the F.A.L.N. But as it turned out, the Castroites had an even bigger week against Betancourt...
...years since Fidel Castro took power, some 300,000 people, or 4% of Cuba's entire population, have fled the country. And still they flee...
...many Russian troops remain in Cuba, but there are at least 4,000 nonmilitary technicians, and they have a say in everything. At each ministry a Russian adviser sits at the elbow of the Cuban in charge. The Russians are well aware that there is no romance left in Castro's revolution; and they are relentlessly pushing the Cubans to get to work. Soviet Ambassador Alexandr Alexeev has told friends: "Let's give the Cubans three or four years to straighten...
...Trabajo. Fidel Castro still rails at the U.S. in his speeches. But Cuba's Communists do not seriously fear a U.S. invasion. President Kennedy, in fact, has promised them that the U.S. will not invade. Nor do they worry much about an internal uprising; after four years of power, they feel secure behind their 50,000-man army and 250,000-man militia. The slogan "Patria o Muerte [fatherland or death]" was on every wall 17 months ago; today the dinning words are Al Trabajo, meaning "to work...