Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Closer to home, Nunn virtually echoes Secretary of State James Baker's willingness to deal with Moscow in Central America. "Reagan pretended that the hemisphere is ours," says Nunn, "but the reality is that the Soviets are already major players in Cuba and Nicaragua. There's nothing wrong with acknowledging that reality and trying to fashion a policy that ties Moscow's need for Western credits to a diminution of their support for Castro and the Sandinistas...
American foreign policies, Democratic and Republican alike, have consistently failed to recognize anti-imperialism as a key element in Latin American politics, one that crosses even the sharpest of class boundaries. One of the last countries in the hemisphere to achieve independence from the Spanish, Cuba remained under American political protectorateship until 1948. The final years of the Batista dictatorship were marked by high-volume American investment and advice...
...Nicaragua, a century and a half of American invasions and interventions--including one in which an American journalist, William Walker, declared himself president--fostered resentments that culminated in the overthrow of the U.S.-installed Somoza dictatorship. The insurgents in both Cuba and Nicaragua were largely able to mobilize cross-class support on promises not of Communism but of independence...
Hernandez denied that the FMLN has drawn communist support. "Well, truly until now that has been the propaganda of the U.S. government and El Salvador," Hernandez said. "But in truth, in the 10 years of FMLN, no one can find proof that we've received aid from Cuba or Russia...
...Kennedy and his advisers never knew for certain whether there were nuclear warheads already in Cuba in October 1962. The Soviets disclosed last week that 20 warheads were indeed on the island; they could have been fitted within hours on missiles targeted for Washington, New York and other major U.S. cities...