Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...thin crowd waiting on the steaming concrete apron of Havana's Josè Marti Airport, consisting mostly of diplomats from Communist embassies, and the handshake from his only ally in the Western Hemisphere, Cuba's Fidel Castro, was sullen. There were no decorations, no honor guard, no military band. And not until half an hour after Kosygin's arrival did Radio Havana get around to mentioning the visit. Even then, it gave only a brief announcement barely longer than another item praising workers of the Balcan pasteurization plant for delivering their quota of yoghurt...
Visible Strains. Though Russia continues to pump $1,000,000 a day into Cuba's ailing economy, strains are visibly sharpening between the two countries, and the two leaders had much to discuss. The basic problem stems from the nature of Castro's Communism. He has never really toed his Marx in the strict ideological and economic sense; at heart, he remains a guerrilla. His chief interest lies in exporting revolution to the rest of Latin America...
...years ago, Russia welcomed Cuba's subversive efforts. No longer. Well aware that Castro's guerrilla wars are getting nowhere, that they are doing more harm than good to Communism's image, Moscow is now trying to achieve a foothold in Latin America through diplomacy and trade expansion (TIME, March 31). Such tactics, Castro claims, only help the "oligarchies" that he is trying to overthrow. To make sure that Moscow gets the point, Castro is planning a Latin America-wide meeting in Havana next month to discuss future strategies for his guerrilla wars of liberation...
Keeping His Trousers On. At one point during the accompanying tape-recorded interviews, Khrushchev, with the aid of an interpreter, discusses the Cuban crisis. "Perhaps we shouldn't have done it, but if rockets hadn't been installed, would there be a Cuba now? No," he answers quickly. "It would have been wiped out and, if that's true, it means our transportation of rockets was justified. It cost us money, but we didn't lose a single man. What was the American aim?" he goes on. "They aimed to liquidate socialist Cuba...
This book, first published in 1965 in Cuba, is less compelling as fiction than as reportage from that near, yet remote island. Among its surprises is the fact that it was published at all, since the protagonist often criticizes the Cuban revolution, cares more about girls than about politics, and is a self-confessed gusano, or worm (the regime's word for its enemies). It holds considerable fascination as a highly personal worm's-eye view of Castro's domain...