Word: castros
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Germany. Russia or Cuba had an FBI directed by J. Edgar Hoover, the chances are that such names as Hitler, Stalin and Castro would never have made headlines, and that this world would be a better place to live...
...American-owned firms. Even Argentina's jittery military regime has begun to regard its Marxist neighbor as just another striving nationalist. The Communist countries have been careful not to embrace Allende too eagerly, for fear that they might do him more harm than good. For that reason, Fidel Castro refused an invitation to Allende's inauguration last year; he is due to arrive in Santiago for his first visit some time this month...
...midst of all this came Kosygin. Along the route from Havana airport to the capital, as many as 500,000 people trucked in from farms and outlying villages cheered him and waved flags. Foreign diplomats in Havana could not remember the last time that Castro had ridden in an open convertible as he did with Kosygin (in a green Chaika, a gift from the Soviet Union); these days he usually travels in a closed car with two escort vehicles, all bristling with machine guns. "We passed a huge mural of Che Guevara," reported Correspondent Stevens of the motorcade from...
...Cuba's economy is holding up in the wake of disappointing sugar harvests. Soviet aid to Cuba now totals half a billion dollars annually, and during Kosygin's visit a dozen Soviet freighters and tankers in old Havana harbor were unloading the oil and cargo without which Castro's regime can scarcely survive...
...Leader Brezhnev pushed for in Paris was sought in Havana; none was needed, given Cuba's heavy dependence on Moscow's aid and favor. U.S. eavesdroppers, however, were puzzled by one bit of banter monitored over Havana radio. Visiting a state factory near Havana, Kosygin demurred at Castro's invitation to speak. "Please say a few words," pleaded Castro. Kosygin's nyet finally turned into a very grudging da. "Comrades," he told the crowd through an interpreter, "you see how your Premier gets his way. He has a way of getting his way. But we have...