Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Claim? The Soviets claimed to have invented baseball; Cuba, the telephone. Some people claim to have seen Elvis, recently. Arafat claims Jesus was a Palestinian. Are all claims to be reported at face value...
Well, it's time to shatter that idealized myth. When Columbus arrived on Cuba, Hispaniola and other islands in the Caribbean he instituted shockingly cruel and genocidal policies which rapidly decimated the populations of indigenous Arawak Indians. He was also a slave trader, and his own words condemn him. Furthermore, the claim that he "discovered" the New World is dubious--he accidentally came into contact with a culture that had existed for hundreds if not thousands of years...
There were, however, some protests this year. Jovenes Rebeldes, a band of high-school age Latinos, gathered outside the United Center, clad in skimasks and bandanas, demanding freedom for political prisoners and an end to the embargo of Cuba...
There were, however, some protests this year. Jovenes Rebeldes, a band of high-school age Latinos, gathered outside the United Center, clad in skimasks and bandanas, demanding freedom for political prisoners and an end to the embargo of Cuba...
...York City. A week ago the Federal Aviation Administration ordered that complete searches be conducted of all airline passengers traveling out of the U.S. with passports from any of the seven countries Washington has designated as state sponsors of terrorism: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Sudan, North Korea and Cuba. Such passengers, in addition to being run through electronic detectors along with their carry-on and checked bags, are being hand searched. Snared in the new order have been diplomats from the affected countries who are posted at U.N. headquarters. They have lodged protests with the State Department, arguing that...