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Cuban films are so rare these days that the appearance of one is laudable. The harsh economic situation in Cuba ensures that people are more preoccupied with getting enough to eat than with producing films. That any films are made at all is a testament to their creators' tenacity and determination...
...Strawberry and Chocolate," financed with Mexican and Spanish money, marks the return of Cuba's greatest director, Tomas Gutierrez Alea, who 35 years ago produced the masterpiece "Memories of Underdevelopment...
Under heavy military guard, the first planeloads of Cuban refugees were forcibly returned from Panama to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Last September President Ernesto Perez Balladares agreed to allow up to 10,000 boat people to stay in Panama at U.S. detention camps for a six-month period. Nearly 8,000 Cuban children and close relatives have since qualified to emigrate to the U.S., provided they have full financial sponsorship. To transfer the remaining refugees by the March 6 deadline, American forces will airlift out 500 people almost every...
...interview following the speech, Robinsonsaid the issues he will address this year includethe restoration of democracy in Nicaragua andsecuring aid for Cuba...
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) was talking pretty tough today when he introduced a bill to tighten the U.S. embargo against Cuba and yank financial aid to any former Soviet country that helpsPresident Fidel Castro. Helms said he will not be satisfied until Castro is gone. "Let me be clear," the senator said, reverting to Cold War lingo. "Whether Castro leaves Cuba in a vertical or horizontal position is up to him and the Cuban people. But he must -- and will -- leave Cuba."TIME Miami bureau chief Cathy Boothreports that Helms gets many...