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...terror-pocked history as a republic, no Cuban civilian had ever faced a firing squad. First to do so was one Jaime Greinstein, a Polish ne'er-do-well, who rhapsodied before he died one sunrise last month, "The skies of Cuba blush." Last week one Jose Costiello Fuentes, an ordinary bandit who had killed a lieutenant from ambush, faced in manful silence four rifle barrels, died without a word. To frivolous murder Cubans are accustomed, but the legal and methodical execution of a criminal was last week profoundly shocking and disconcerting to all Cuba. Announced the Secretary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Blushing Skies | 5/20/1935 | See Source »

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