Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...America, say, by diplomatic means and not just by Cuban proxy. But as Castro boldly rejected the Moscow model of perestroika and glasnost, Gorbachev bit his tongue and signed a new friendship treaty. The Soviet Union was not about to provoke an immediate change in its close relationship with Cuba...
...commanding presence that Gorbachev has been able to exert on the world stage has helped shore up his power at home. This week he is again on the road. In his visit with Cuba's Fidel Castro, who is no fan of perestroika or glasnost, the Soviet leader will have a chance to show whether his rhetoric about new thinking translates into taking concrete steps toward easing tensions in Central America. Afterward, he plans to go to London to see if Margaret Thatcher still believes, as she once said of Gorbachev, that "we can do business together...
...about any serious perestroika. Why, for example, when the English writer Graham Greene moved to France, didn't anyone ask him whether or not he was planning to return to England? Who cares where Graham Greene lives -- in England or in France? And Hemingway, he lived quite peacefully in Cuba (can you imagine! on an island!) and didn't hurry back to his Great Homeland. But Russia, it seems, possesses particular advantages (borders, the KGB, internal passports, patriotism, perestroika, nostalgia) that for some reason must be satisfied. The whole world begs you: Since you're a Russian writer, live...
...generally felt that there is mountingaspiration in the world for better relations, andI think that the Soviet Union and Cuba understandtheir responsibilities and, as always, they willbe at their best," Gorbachev said...
Tass also said the talks touched on thenations' relations with the United States, withCastro noting that Cuba "always has been preparedfor normalization of relations with the UnitedStates. However, we so far have not seen acorresponding wish from Washington's side...