Word: fidel
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...categorically rejected Fidel Castro's televised appeal for talks to lift the 32-year-old embargo on the communist island, even as Castro flung open the gates for Cubans who set sail in droves for U.S. shores. "Our position is that we are not going to enter a dialogue with Castro over the pace and nature of change in Cuba," Under Secretary of State Peter Tarnoff said. "This is not a situation that has been brought on by American actions." With the rate of intercepted refugees at 3,200 a day, Department of Defense officials decided to send as many...
...opposition has a genuine chance of winning. Yet most prospective voters remain to some degree skeptical of government promises that the vote will be completely clean and fraud free. "I don't support any candidate because all I see is corruption and promises that are never kept," said Fidel Lopez Cruz, 67, as he pushed his crude ox-drawn plow across a small plot of land near Oaxaca. If the public concludes the results have been fixed, the new President could face a prolonged period of unrest...
While "deeply concerned" about a deluge of refugees, Administration officials rejected Castro's threat of a Mariel replay. Said a State Department spokesman: "The United States has stated repeatedly that we will not permit Fidel Castro to dictate our immigration policy...
Angered by a massive anti-government demonstration on the Havana waterfront, Cuban President Fidel Castro warned that unless the U.S. stops offering asylum to fleeing Cubans, he will allow the free departure of those who want to leave the country. That could trigger a repeat of the 1980 Mariel exodus, which saw some 125,000 Cubans arrive in Florida within a few months, overwhelming U.S. officials. Said Castro: "We cannot continue to guard the coasts...
...CUBA: Fidel at the Floodgates...