Word: cuban
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stop salsa," says Palmieri. "The day is coming when rock bands will find themselves playing opposite a Latin orchestra." Although it has been developing for 30 years, salsa is a new musical adventure for most Latinos as well as for Americans. Its roots extend back to Cuban dance music of previous decades like the rumba. After 1961, when the U.S. suspended relations with Cuba, emigrant Latin musicians and mainland-born Puerto Ricans gradually fused their own style with elements of American rock, soul and especially jazz. The result was salsa's singing dances. They are a combination of pungent...
...Dean Rusk, during the Cuban Missile Crisis...
...What did President Kennedy describe as "a struggle of Cuban patriots against a Cuban dictator...
...attempts to overthrow the regime, are part of an unwillingness to come to terms with reality which unfortunately characterizes a great deal of recent American foreign policy. Throughout the 14-year period, Castro repeatedly expressed his readiness to establish amicable relations with this country. And just last fall, the Cuban government conveyed to visiting Senators Jacob K. Javits and Claiborne Pell its anxiousness to achieve a detente with the United States...
...surprising that these overtures come at a time when rising sugar prices have created a need for a new import market. But it is good that the government realizes that the Cuban revolution cannot be undone, and important that an American ambassador be sent to Cuba in the near future...