Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...predictions for the rest of the year: Fidel Castro takes Key West in a sudden action because it lies within Cuba's territorial waters and is a menace to its fishing interests. Senator Fulbright demands we evacuate Miami to avoid possible friction with Castro's forces in Key West. The Archbishop of Cyprus, with the aid of two armed sailboats, impounds an American heavy cruiser. Senator Mansfield recommends that the ship be exchanged for the crew and that $100 million be given for the bishop's inconveniences. The government of Andorra arrests 100 tourists for not genuflecting...
...armed forces and the overlord of the Viet Cong, he is a dangerous and wily foe who has become something of a legend in both Viet Nams for his stunning defeat of the French at Dienbienphu. He is one of the principal developers-along with Mao Tse-tung and Cuba's late Che Guevara-of the art of guerrilla warfare, a tactician of such talents that U.S. military experts have compared him with German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. "You know when he's in charge," said a top Pentagon official last week. "You can feel him there...
...three days and nights, while the Central Committee meeting dragged on in Havana, all Cuba buzzed with rumors. Was Castro stepping down or taking a new title? Was he planning to launch a new guerrilla offensive in Latin America? Would he announce some dramatic new economic program-one is certainly needed-for Cuba? Finally, in a special edition, Cuba's official party newspaper, Granma, announced the news: 43 "traitors to the revolution" had been arrested and would face trial for "intrigues" and "conspiratorial actions." That alone was not too surprising under Castro's oppressive regime, but Granma followed...
Secret Report. The charges grew out of a long-winded report delivered before the Central Committee by Raúl Castro, Fidel's brother and the chief of Cuba's armed forces and internal security. Named as the conspiracy's ringleader was Anibal Escalante, 59, a onetime party chieftain who fell from favor in 1962 for his pro-Soviet views but was later allowed to return to Cuba after a two-year exile in Prague. This time, said Raúl, Escalante had organized an anti-Castro movement that extended into several key government ministries, the University...
...feeling growing displeasure and frustration about its bothersome ally. The same day that Castro's court returned its conviction, Granma cut the size of its daily edition from eight pages to a mere four; the cut reflected a reduction in the supplies of newsprint that Russia sends to Cuba...