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...early in 1981, concerning the return of some 1,000 criminals and mentally ill individuals who were among the 125,000 refugees who arrived in a 1980 boat lift from the Cuban port of Mariel. Havana wants to discuss U.S. acceptance of up to 15,000 Cubans who have Fidel Castro's permission to emigrate...
...personal publicity bonanza, while displaying little regard for the unfortunate consequences of attacking his own government in unfriendly countries. Barging off into four foreign capitals, the black minister assailed the U.S. role in the region. He negotiated for the release of prisoners. He even invited a head of state, Fidel Castro, to visit the U.S. As happened before his trip to Syria last January, when he won the release of captured American Navy Flyer Lieut. Robert Goodman, critics accused Jackson of violating the Logan Act of 1799, which makes it a crime for any private citizen to try to influence...
...airport news conference, Vargas took issue with Jackson's self-described peace offensive. Said he: "We don't want a peace that will allow the people of other countries to suffer. I am very sorry to say these things, but I don't believe that Fidel Castro ever will like peace or will look for peace. He is looking to establish tyranny and oppression around the world because he is a Communist. To undertake a moral offensive in Cuba is a moral offense." A few moments later, Jackson replied, "I have a different point of view...
...next month, Tortoló and his men returned to a hero's welcome in Cuba. Tortoló was embraced by Cuban Leader Fidel Castro, who proclaimed that his officer had acted courageously. Many Cubans, however, began to ask how Tortoló and his men managed to make it to the Soviet embassy. It was not long before the story came out: Tortoló and his fellow heroes, instead of fighting to the last with the civilians, had taken a cross-country route not controlled by the invading forces...
...harder for any party leaders to influence, are Jackson's grandiose foreign policy forays. Last week he announced that he will fly to Havana later this month at Fidel Castro's invitation. Jackson says he will try to persuade Castro to renounce the Soviet Olympic boycott and send Cuban athletes to Los Angeles. He plans a July 2 trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, where, he says, he will lead demonstrators to protest the Reagan Administration's policy on Central America and demand that the Western Hemisphere become a "war-free zone." Meanwhile, Jackson's political associate, Louis Farrakhan, leader...