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Word: encanto (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Guard on the Beaches. As the sound of distant drums grew louder, so did noises closer to home. Underground agents set fire to Havana's big El Encanto department store and destroyed it completely, an $8,000,000 loss. Castro himself seemed almost out of control. Four times last week he appeared to harangue Cubans over TV. "We are going to tear to bits all those who show their heads," he cried. At a workers' meeting he lapsed into incoherency. But Brother Raul, the Defense Minister, and Castro's Communist Adviser Che Guevara seemed to be keeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba: Toward D-Day | 4/21/1961 | See Source »

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