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...time he reached the southern fishing port of Puerto Montt, Castro's voice was reduced to a squeak - the result of a cold and his excessive speechifying. Allende, who met him there for a cruise to the southern tip of Chile, apologized for Castro's inability to address the crowd that awaited them. "I asked him as a friend, I pleaded, I recommended it as a doctor and even ordered as President that he not talk so much or so long," said Allende. "But he paid me no attention...
What was Castro up to? On one level, Allende hoped that the Cuban revolutionary's presence would sanctify his own efforts to tame Chile's obstreperous unions and mollify the extremists who want to turn the country into a pure socialist state overnight. With those elements, Castro certainly scored some points; one Chuquicamata copper miner enthusiastically told newsmen last week that "Fidel made us see the importance of our producing more. Now, we are all Fidelistas." But the visit also cost Allende some of his remaining good will among the Chilean political middle, which does not hold...
...1960s. Nationalism and anti-Yankee sentiment is so high in Latin America that U.S. officials concede privately that Castro may be able to re-establish Cuba's ties to the region on his own terms-meaning without obeisance to the OAS or to Washington. Peru may soon follow Chile in recognizing Havana, and other countries will certainly follow. Eventually, a massive shift toward Cuba could force the U.S. to reconsider its decade-old policy of isolating Castro...
That would be a triumph not only for Havana but also for Moscow. In going to Chile, Castro was in effect admitting that the kind of violent revolution he has espoused is passe. He was also endorsing the Soviet via padfica policy of promoting Communism in Latin America through established parties and more or less conventional politics. Fidel made the point poignantly. While in Santiago, he laid wreaths on statues of two Latin American heroes-but he did not go near the one that had been erected for his old revolutionary comrade Che Guevara...
...first glance, the coalition looks much like the populist alliance of Socialists, Communists and Radicals that brought Chile's President Salvador Allende Gossens to office last year. But while the Broad Front's platform calls for agrarian reforms, nationalization of private banks and foreign trade, and the bolstering of state industry, it covers a much broader political spectrum than the Chilean alliance. Nor is Seregni, a disaffected Colorado, a Marxist like Allende...