Word: castros
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Soviet military aid to Cuba-at least $9 billion since 1961-makes Castro's African adventurism possible and helps direct its course. Nonetheless, Castro has reasons of his own for the involvement. To achieve his goal of becoming a hero and leader of the Third World, Castro has returned to his unsuccessful romantic gambit of the '60s: exporting revolution. Says Foreign Affairs Expert Helmut Sonnenfeldt of Johns Hopkins University: "Castro has a sense of mission in Africa. Perhaps it's a sublimation of his inability to do anything in the Western Hemisphere...
Another critical factor is Castro's attitude toward...
...Castro seems to have little difficulty in making Cubans accept his African adventures. Among other things, the African policy provides a vent for the pent-up energies of young Cubans faced with a stagnating economy and limited employment prospects at home. On a recent visit to Havana, TIME Washington Correspondent Jerry Hannifin was told by a Cuban air force reservist: "I will be glad to help in Africa, to help our brothers finish off neocolonialism and racism." Others are less enthusiastic but too prudent to disagree. Said one university student: "I have friends who know that some Cubans have been...
...continuing attrition leads some Washington officials to hope that Castro's venture will eventually bog him down in a Viet Nam-style quagmire, despite his Soviet support. It is frequently pointed out that Cuba's manpower commitment in Africa is greater, in proportion to the country's 10 million population, than American involvement at the height of the Viet...
...Waller film clips to get in the proper mood. Maltby, the son of Music Arranger Richard Maltby, knew nothing of Fats before his friend and associate director Murray Horwitz suggested building a show around Waller's work. They both soon discovered, as Maltby told TIME'S Janice Castro, that "nobody wedded comedy and music the way Fats did. He is always playing little jokes on the side, and you can't help but laugh...