Word: granma
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...excitement is pervasive. When Washington lifted the restrictions on travel to Cuba in March, Havana news boys hawking the stodgy daily Granma gleefully shouted, "The Yankees are coming!" At one store, the cashier closed her till when two Americans walked in and then escorted them to a storage area. She poured some glasses of piña, a local pineapple liqueur, and raised a toast: "Bienvenidos, felicidades...
...also acted to restore free elections and a measure of democratic rule to Cuba. Castro's failure to hold free elections had become a major preoccupation of Cuba's 9 million people, as well as a popular refrain among foreign critics of the Cuban revolution. Last week Granma, the official Communist Party organ, published a draft of a proposed new constitution, which provides for an elected National Assembly; it is expected to be submitted to a public referendum later this year...
...death. Which invites Latin American revolutionaries to make the most terrible choice-to presume to wage war on a genocidal enemy. The latest Tupamaro (urban guerrillas of Uruguay) watchword lays it out-"If there isn't a homeland for all, there won't be a homeland for anybody." ( Granma, Havana, Oct. 18, 1970, "Tupamaros Interview" reprinted in NUC (New University Conference) Papers ?? t, Chicago...