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...worse than Kennedy's private infidelities was his public policy. He failed to support fully the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba and allowed Fidel Castro to establish a beachhead for communism in the western hemisphere. Kennedy did not act effectively when the Berlin Wall was erected, profoundly affecting the NATO alliance, and he increased U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The consequences of his misguided policies plagued the U.S. long after his brief, disastrous presidency. RICHARD BLAUW South Holland...
...Castro Outlives Them All Fidel's rival in Miami goes on to the great counterrevolution in the sky. Can The Beard be shaved...
MIAMI: Fidel Castro will sleep just a little bit easier tonight as Miami?s Cuban exile community mourns the death of his would-be nemesis, Jorge Mas Canosa. Indeed, says TIME correspondent and former Havana bureau chief Cathy Booth, ?Castro is probably dancing all over Havana. He?s outlasted umpteen U.S. presidents, and now he?s outlasted the leader of his opposition in Miami...
...Like the man he hoped to topple, Mas Canosa led via a fierce personality cult and was accused of being intolerant of dissenting views and potential challengers. ?He was part of the generation that remembers living in Cuba and feels very strongly about Castro,? says Booth. ?Even though there?s some speculation that younger generation exile politicians will be more moderate, I don?t think there will be a fundamental shift in attitude...
...Castro, for his part, may be dancing, but he cannot be unaware of the implication for his own mortality of the death by natural causes of a man 20 years his junior...