Word: cubanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...anxiously noted that in dealing with the U.S. "at times we speak in the language almost of warlike enemies." He confessed "worry" about Communist influence in Latin America and warned against siding with the Soviets in the cold war. At this point, David Salvador, young chief of the Cuban Federation of Labor, grabbed the mike from Figueres' hand and yelled: "Neither do we have to be on the side of America, which is trampling on us!" Visibly shaken, Figueres got the microphone back and finished his speech in a tone more likely to please: "In the social battle...
Fidel Castro, Premier of Cuba, will speak at the Law School Forum here on Saturday April 25. His topic will be "The Cuban Revolution...
...Cuban revolution has been remarkable in a way. The wholesale slaughter of Batista adherents which observers feared would follow the fall of the old dictatorship did not materialize. While the "atrocity" trials alarmed many people who could treasure legal procedure in a calmer and less vengeful society, Castro did a reasonable job of adhering to civilized forms...
...barrels littered small Haitian airports to prevent clandestine landings. In Port-au-Prince, a spate of political murders sent oppositionists into hiding and kept nerves taut. Behind the crisis lay President Francois Duvalier's fear that he would become a stepping stone in Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro's planned invasion of the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. "Haitian exiles are being trained in Havana," said Duvalier. Exhorting his people to fight back, he raised the war cry of famed Patriot Jean Jacques Dessalines (1758-1806): "Coupe tetesl Boulé cailles...
...decree reopened all the big-time rooms-at the Hotels Hilton. Nacional. Riviera, Capri, Comodoro and Saint John's, and at the Tropicana, Sans Souci and Montmartre nightclubs. At first the government talked of barring Cubans from play unless they could prove sufficient wealth by testimonial from the internal revenue bureau, but in the end even that requirement was dropped. Senorita Nunez kept padlocks on five casinos that drew a mostly Cuban crowd. She also banned slot machines-at least...