Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Upon reading the two articles of March 17 and 18 in which members of the Venceremos Brigade describe their personal feelings and experiences while in Cuba, one cannot help but to notice the lack of any factual information to support their feelings. It seems that the members of the Brigade have done no research into Cuba's past. The reader cannot but conclude, according to their interpretation, that in 1959 Castro took a poor, underdeveloped, semi-feudal state and by the power of his personality and by the overwhelming support of the Cuban people turned Cuba into a model society...
...present the shocking reality of the present Cuban situation without defending any past regimes. Facts available from international sources describe Cuba today as a regimental society lacking freedom and lacking respect for the basic rights of man under government...
...From April 13 to 18, the socialist-oriented Free University will sponsor a series of courses and workshops dealing with such topics as Southeast Asia (specifically Laos and Thailand), Cuba, Women's Liberation, and the Cambridge community...
...travel to their birthplace or family seat to be counted, as in the case of Mary and Joseph's eventful journey to Bethlehem. In the present day, many countries order their citizens to remain at home for a specified period to await the census taker. All Cuba will be virtually paralyzed on census day this year except for ambulance drivers and census takers. In Mexico, fines for leaving one's house unoccupied on the vital day, Jan. 28, ran as high...
...ways, we only know by experiment." The ten million harvest is a culmination of 11 years of economic development, but even more it is a test of 11 years of political development. On one of our first days in the fields I asked Juan whether Cuba would pass that test, whether they would make the ten million, and he said yes, without a doubt. Once I got to know the Cuban people. I never had to ask that again. Los Diez Milliones...