Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Clinton Administration is counting on the press to do what the U.S. government has been unable to do for decades: bring down Fidel Castro. As part of its continuing effort to flood Cuba with information, and spur democratic reforms in the process, the Administration is set to allow the U.S. press to set up news bureaus in the country for the first time since the 1960s. CNN will be the first to begin reporting on a full-time basis from Cuba. So far it is the only one of 10 applicants that Castro's government has approved...
...would be considered criminals and terrorists in Latin America become "guerrilla fighters," "rebels" or even "freedom fighters." What is Peru to do to solve the hostage crisis? Release 450 violent criminals, so that they can resume their narcotrafficking activities? Or worse yet, adopt a communist economic program similar to Cuba's? These demands are irrational. ALFONSO MONTERO Hanover, New Hampshire...
WASHINGTON: Cuba can expect billions of dollars in international aid once Fidel Castro finally leaves office and the Caribbean island becomes democratic, according to a new Clinton administration report. The 24-page survey entitled "Support for a Democratic Transition in Cuba" was required under last year's Helms-Burton law which threatens sanctions against foreign companies doing business in Cuba. The report, prepared by the Agency for International Development, says that Cuba's transition to democracy would cost up to $8 billion in the first six years, with the majority of the money coming from the U.S. Other possible sources...
HAVANA: Canada and Cuba are close trading partners. Now they want to get closer on human rights issues, according to a joint statement agreed upon during the visit of Canada's foreign minister Lloyd Axworthy to the communist island. "We're working with the government of Cuba to develop some joint programs or approaches dealing with human rights issues. We have now come to an agreement on some directions we can go in together," Axworthy said after a three hour tete-a-tete with Fidel Castro. The trip has raised concerns in Washington, which shuns any contact with Havana...
...always been something of a poor cousin to Peru's most infamous terrorist group, the Maoist-inspired Shining Path, which nearly succeeded in its violent bid to topple the Peruvian state in the early 1990s. Smaller than its notorious rival, Tupac Amaru drew inspiration not from China but from Cuba, and recruits from the countrys farthest shantytowns of the dispossessed poor. The organization's name has a bloody history. It first belonged to the nephew and heir of Atahualpa, the Incan King whom the Spanish conquistadores garroted in 1533. Tupac Amaru (which means "Royal Serpent" in Quechua) resisted his uncle...