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...laughing matter, however. In the past two weeks, three ferries have been hijacked by refugees trying to flee Cuba. And when crowds started gathering on Havana's Malecon seafront drive last Friday to see if hijackers would commandeer yet another boat, the police moved in, sparking a rock- throwing melee and the worst anti-government demonstrations since Fidel Castro came to power...
...Clinton Administration says Fidel Castro's weekend threat to loose another Mariel-style boatlift on the U.S. is hollow. The U.S. Coast Guard may not be so convinced: Guard vessels sighted three more boats leaving Cuba today after picking up 230 frightened Cuban refugees over the weekend. The recent exodus was spurred by unrest in Havana Friday. TIME Miami bureau chief Cathy Booth says Castro, frustrated by tension during one of the Cuban economy's worst months, may let the malcontents go. In Miami, she adds, Cuban exiles went on the radio to urge their island brethren to stay...
...neighboring regions. The only problem was that Panama's President Endara revoked his pledge to take 10,000 new refugees, and Grenada and Antigua followed, taking their combined 4,000 beds with them. Currently the only haven for refugees is the 12,500 bed facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Of course it is already filled to capacity...
Shall we then invade Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), where the military toppled a civilian regime? What about Gambia, the West African nation whose democratic leader was overthrown in a coup only two or three days ago? And let's not forget Saudi Arabia and Syria and Cuba and Zaire...
...rough seas. There are even the beginnings of a backflow: some escapees who were caught and interned have despaired of ever getting to the American mainland and have chosen to return to Haiti rather than continue living indefinitely in jammed quarters at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...