Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Soviet military buildup in Cuba has done nothing else, it has given rise to a significant and intensifying U.S. debate -one that might even lead to effective action some...
Before the dinner he met with 20 students for an informal discussion in the Senior Common Room. Although his remarks there and at the dinner were off the record, it was reliably reported that Cuba and the Alliance for Progress figured prominently in the discussion...
...rebels intended to kill Castro and other members of the Communist hierarchy, then follow up with sabotage and uprisings that would engulf Cuba in turmoil. Behind the plot was a reorganized Cuban underground, including a new group consisting largely of Cuban military men fed up with Castro. The plotters reportedly had backing in the Cuban army, the navy, even the militia. But they paid dearly for their plans...
...secret trials, 75 of the plotters were executed by firing squads at La Cabana fortress overlooking the entrance to Havana Bay; 27 were sentenced to from two to 30 years in prison. Last week Havana radio, still silent about the major plot, announced five arrests-the grand master of Cuba's Masonic Lodge and four other Masons, who were charged with being "directly linked...
Lodge and Hughes debated for over an hour on topics ranging from Cuba to the Cold War, and from disarmament to foreign aid. Most opionions expressed did not deviate from the candidates' oft-expressed views on foreign policy, but both Lodge and Hughes attempted to avoid personalities, the major characteristic of primary debates between Kennedy and State Attorney General Edward J. McCormack...