Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...then, as Mrs. Timm traveled with impunity to Tehran, impotent. The travel ban, which carries a possible fine of $2,000 and imprisonment of five years if violated, is based on passport law. But as State Department officials admit, a similar regulation did not stop Americans from traveling to Cuba without their passports in the 1960s and 1970s. Furthermore, the ban is virtually impossible to enforce. Said a White House aide: "We can't go out and lock them up. We should never have got into this damned thing in the first place...
...Soviets because, without warning, they called for sharp cuts in the superpowers' nuclear arsenals. When Moscow balked, Carter quickly dropped the initiative. The allies found Carter's stands on the Soviets' so-called combat brigade in Cuba particularly confounding: first the presence of the unit on the island was "not acceptable," then it was tacitly accepted. At times, the allies contend, it has been totally unclear who really has been in charge of formulating the Administration's approach to the Soviets: the generally cautious Secretary of State Cyrus Vance or the more hawkish National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. This...
Each exile gave his own reasons for deciding to leave Cuba. Some left for political or religious reasons, while many cited deteriorating economic conditions on the island. Severe shortages have compelled the government to maintain strict rationing on everything from meat to shoes and have forced prices on the black market up to prohibitive levels. Even black beans, a Cuban staple, now cost $2.50 per Ib. "The Cuban economy is in a state of collapse," said Electrician Luis Santana. "It's sunk...
...rumors that East German soldiers and pilots have periodically fought alongside southern African rebels or with the troops of Marxist states like Angola. But no one disputes the fact that East Germany's noncombat military role-as a provider of materiel and advisers-by now equals that of Cuba, and that its political role is even more active than Havana...
East Germany, in fact, has deservedly been called Europe's Cuba because of the surrogate role it performs on behalf of Soviet overseas policy. Hundreds of millions of marks are poured into Viet Nam, for instance, out of ideological duty rather than any visible profit. In other countries, especially in black Africa, East Germany is obviously acting for its own political prestige and economic gain. For example, it is able to sell profitable quantities of manufactured goods, which are well made but simply not sophisticated enough for European markets...