Word: castros
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Daniel has equally humorous stories to tell about Winston Churchill, British lords and ladies, Khrushchev, Castro, the CIA, and even some movie stars. The last few pages are devoted to Margaret Truman, for whom Daniel appears to have great respect. Daniel even manages to take a shot at Harvard in the midst; on Aga Khan IV '59--who is revered as a god by his subjects--he writes: "You might say he is the only divinity with a degree from Harvard, at though some other Harvard graduates have intimations of immortality...
...next month, Tortoló and his men returned to a hero's welcome in Cuba. Tortoló was embraced by Cuban Leader Fidel Castro, who proclaimed that his officer had acted courageously. Many Cubans, however, began to ask how Tortoló and his men managed to make it to the Soviet embassy. It was not long before the story came out: Tortoló and his fellow heroes, instead of fighting to the last with the civilians, had taken a cross-country route not controlled by the invading forces...
Argentina's complaints about the tough IMF measures failed to earn the country much sympathy last week from Latin neighbors. The nation drew criticism from Colombian Finance Minister Edgar Gutiérrez Castro, whose government lent Argentina $50 million last March. Bankers and international officials attack Argentina's stance as an act of political bravura. Says a World Bank economist: "They are handling the debt the way they were handling the Falklands war. They see themselves as the center of the universe...
...harder for any party leaders to influence, are Jackson's grandiose foreign policy forays. Last week he announced that he will fly to Havana later this month at Fidel Castro's invitation. Jackson says he will try to persuade Castro to renounce the Soviet Olympic boycott and send Cuban athletes to Los Angeles. He plans a July 2 trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, where, he says, he will lead demonstrators to protest the Reagan Administration's policy on Central America and demand that the Western Hemisphere become a "war-free zone." Meanwhile, Jackson's political associate, Louis Farrakhan, leader...
...Class of '59's years here began with one fiery event--the tower of Memorial Hall burned down after their freshman exams--and ended with another: Fidel Castro's speech outside the Harvard Stadium in the spring of their senior year. "His speech was demagogic." Hawkins says of the Cuban leader's appearance shortly after his rise to power. "Afterwards, when the series of executions in Cuba became known, attitudes changed radically. But then he was simply a visiting celebrity...