Word: castros
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...heard Castro swear that the United States is "the worst country in the world to live...
...rural whites in the Florida panhandle are considerably more wary. They have reservations about Carter's economic, defense and foreign policies, and they are attracted by Reagan, who speaks their language. So are the established Cubans in Florida, who feel that the Republican would crack down harder on Castro than Carter does...
Most of the Cubans had a common destination: Fort Chaffee, Ark., where the Carter Administration has decided to consolidate some 10,000 refugees who arrived during the 159-day boatlift and have not yet been settled. The boatlift ended two weeks ago, when Cuban President Fidel Castro closed the port of Mariel. Altogether, 125,262 Cuban men, women and children fled to the U.S. during the boatlift. Most of them quickly began new lives with the help of relatives already in the U.S. and private sponsors. The remainder are chiefly young men with little English or job skills-and little...
...them to "resist with dignity and courage" and fight until the "infidels" had been driven not only from Iran but also from Iraq. When Palestine Liberation Organization Chief Yasser Arafat showed up on a self-appointed mediation mission, Khomeini refused even to see him. And when Cuban President Fidel Castro sent a message urging Iran's acquiescence in a ceasefire, Prime Minister Mohammed Ali Raja'i reported contemptuously: "What do you [Cubans] think Iran is? A lackey of the superpowers...
...knees, chatting with peasants-all to the soft strains of Tchaikovsky. Of late, in further pursuit of popularity, Saddam has even traded in his natty, British-tailored suits for a military fatigue jacket, pistol belt and red-checked kaffiyeh, making him look rather like an Arabic Fidel Castro...