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Like many of his University of Havana friends, Gutierrez runs a new venture in Cuba with little government control: in his case, ecotourism tours for Costa Rica's LACSA airline. "Now the young have a chance for their own revolution, a revolution in the economy, a revolution in service," he says, grinning because he knows what people think of service in communist countries. And political change? "Yes, that must come too," he says. "In the '60s, '70s and even the '80s, the Cuban system was fine. Now, no. Often you hear people say, 'I am not my father...
...anyone deserved the win, it was the team's coach, Bora Milutinovic, who in previous Cups had spurred weak Mexican and Costa Rican squads into the quarterfinals. The quasi-mystical Serb disdains star quality for teamwork and emphasizes the Latin strategy of zigzagging moves over the British long-ball style. Above all, he makes his players believe in themselves against the world. "He's a mix of Richard Simmons and Yoda," says Lalas. "It requires a great leap of faith to follow him. Sometimes you have no idea what he is saying." Typical Yoda quote: "We don't know what...
TICO TIMES, COSTA RICA: "You don't ((need)) a crystal ball to see that ((Clinton)) is planning to invade the benighted country of Haiti . . . Latin American opposition to unilateral U.S. intervention anywhere in the hemisphere is almost as automatic as it is heartfelt...
...BALL, STUPID. In a Costa Rican sweatshop, peons are making sure that the Rawlings baseballs they stitch together for the major leagues are wrapped tight, giving them extra flight potential and allowing the Mariners' Griffey to obliterate home-run records set by two imperialist Yankees, Babe Ruth (60 in 1927) and Roger Maris (61 in '61). Anyway, that's one conspiracy theory. Many pitchers and some batters believe the ball has been spiked, but Rawlings says its tests indicate no change. "The ball isn't juiced," says Griffey. But does he have a better idea of what's going...
...empty: by some estimates, 1 in 4 balseros die -- and the rescuers themselves are not without risk. Three Brothers have crashed; all lived, though one is paralyzed. Cuban MiG jets sometimes buzz them. "You have to be a bit adventurous and nutty to do it," says pilot Carlos Costa, "but there's nothing like saving a life...