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...Pigs invasion. The Cuban missile crisis. Communist adventurism in Africa and Central America. Some of the hottest moments of the cold war were the result of the Soviet Union's three-decade-long military presence in Cuba. But with the superpower face-off a fading memory and postcoup Moscow desperate for Western aid, it seemed well past time to say goodbye to all that -- which is what Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev finally did last week. Flanked by ^ Secretary of State James Baker, who was in Moscow on a fact-finding mission, Gorbachev announced that thousands of Soviet servicemen stationed...
...Fidel Castro. If fully carried out, it will also help smooth the way for broader U.S. aid, which Washington has tied to an exodus of the Soviet contingent. Coupled with a U.S.-Soviet agreement announced late last week to halt arms shipments to the warring factions in Afghanistan, the Cuban pullout signaled Moscow's desire to disengage from costly commitments abroad and concentrate on more urgent priorities at home...
...Everglades, the husband- and-wife team of Marc and Kiki Ellenby are the only commercial producer of fresh litchi nuts in the U.S. "We're just beginning to use Florida's natural resources for cooking," says Susser. "The fun is that we're breaking new ground." The Caribbean, especially Cuban, influence is vital. Susser picks up recipes from his Haitian and Cuban kitchen help. A Haitian suggested poaching boniato, a white sweet potato, in milk before mashing it into a Cream of Wheat consistency that goes beautifully with grilled wahoo...
Chef Douglas Rodriguez, at Yuca in Coral Gables, harks back to his Cuban- American roots in adding to the new vocabulary. One recent dinner featured teeny tamales stuffed with foie gras and duck confit; yellowtail snapper encrusted with a mix of avocado, stone-crab meat and crushed peanuts; and loin of pork filled with chorizo and smoked over guava bark. "Guava bark!" he says. "Who else is doing that?" More and more talented Floridians, happily, every...
Ninety miles away in Miami, Cuban emigres wish for Fidel's imminent collapse, but the island's university students who volunteer to take a two- week "vacation" in the fields don't see trouble brewing in Paradise. Marlen Fuentes, 21, her pants caked with red mud after a nine-hour day, is typical of the young Cubans who come. "We need a change," she says, "but from inside our system. We need to talk about our mistakes and find solutions inside socialism." These aren't assembly-line thinkers; they genuinely care about the gains of the revolution...