Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Life Is not important." "People of Cuba!" cried Castro, his shirt gaping over his potbelly, his eyes rolling. "Life is not important. All that is important is the destiny of the nation. All those in accord with re-establishment of the revolutionary tribunals, raise their hands." A quarter of a million hands shot up, machetes clinked in the air, and again came the chant...
...mining law would "hurt the vested interests," e.g., Freeport Sulphur's Moa Bay nickel and cobalt mines. Mining companies, still studying the law, said that it was "pretty rough" and might wipe out profits completely. Three days later, Castro seized oil-company records of land leases in Cuba, pending issuance of a new petroleum code...
...What do you suppose, sir, is eating Castro?" rose the question in president Eisenhower's press conference last week, bringing a telling hoot of laughter from the newsmen. Eisenhower could only express bewilderment: "We are Cuba's best market, and you would think they would want good relationships. I don't know exactly what the difficulty...
...delivered in a chilly session at the palace between Ambassador Bonsai and Castro's puppet President, Osvaldo Dorticos, spoke frankly of "deliberate and concerted efforts to replace traditional friendship with distrust and hostility." The U.S. rejected "with indignation" any hint that the Government winked at clandestine flights to Cuba from 200-odd Florida airfields. And at week's end, the U.S. cracked down hard on the flights, while adding the friendly gesture of sending planes and ships to look for Cuban Army Chief Camilo Cienfuegos, who dis appeared in a light plane over central Cuba. The note also...
...celebration of Panama's independence day that got destructively out of hand in a frenzy of anti-U.S. manifestations similar in tone to the current vocal outbursts in Cuba...