Word: castros
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...twelve years, Fidel Castro's Cuba has been out in the cold-banished from the councils of its hemispheric neighbors in the Organization of American States, and the victim of a formal diplomatic and economic embargo imposed by the U.S. and the rest of Latin America. Or so it has been in theory. In practice, ten countries, including Venezuela, Colombia and Argentina, have resumed diplomatic relations with the Western Hemisphere's only Communist government. Despite the embargo, trade between Cuba and OAS nations is growing rapidly, and a number of foreign subsidiaries of American firms participated...
Popular Refrain. Castro has clearly indicated his willingness to make concessions in order to improve relations with the U.S. In February 1973, he signed an agreement with Washington that provided for the prosecution or extradition of hijackers, which virtually eliminated a wave of hijackings to Cuba. In recent months, he has also acted to restore free elections and a measure of democratic rule to Cuba. Castro's failure to hold free elections had become a major preoccupation of Cuba's 9 million people, as well as a popular refrain among foreign critics of the Cuban revolution. Last week...
Accompanied by 30 U.S. newsmen, including TIME Washington Correspondent Jerry Hannifin, McGovern and his wife Eleanor were given an extensive whirlwind tour of educational, health and agricultural facilities developed during the Castro regime. Cabled Hannifin: "Amiable, wisecracking and radiating charisma and confidence, Castro as usual turned up unexpectedly and unannounced, at a state agricultural farm managed by his half-brother Ramon. There he took the McGoverns in tow, riding around in his Russian-built command car (with a special rack for his Kalashnikov rifle...
...They went first to a milking station, where Castro expounded knowledgeably on cattle stock and breeding. He popped in for ice-cream cones for the entourage at a dairy station, announcing expansively: 'They're at government expense.' Then he led everybody into the Santa Clara Rum Co. warehouse, and supervised the sampling of 100-proof rum. McGovern barely sipped the stuff and puckered up. 'Don't light a match,' cautioned Fidel cheerfully. 'The place will blow...
...MORE interesting for a student to tackle something never tried before--and the works that come out of this are a lot more interesting, too. Walter Bender's color lithograph of Central Square. Rich Diamond's two large mobiles. Mykal Castro's abstract paintings in acrylic on canvas, the photography of Mark Lenihan or Sage Sohier or Paula Bonnell--all these works have a style that relies on neither words nor props...