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...Cuba, which rejects the continued U.S. presence on its territory at Guantanamo, has interestingly chosen to fudge the issue. A government statement carried in the official daily Granma noted that "Despite the fact that we hold different positions as to the most efficient way to eradicate terrorism, the difference between Cuba and the United States lies in the method and not in the need to put an end to that scourge." The statement says the Castro government is satisfied by assurances from Washington that the operation poses no threat to Cuba's security. Havana also offers cooperation in respect...
...CUBA Granma: "The epicenter of this political earthquake...was once again the state of Florida and especially Miami, where the Cuban-American terrorist mafia is based and rules...
Fidel Castro, naturally, lost no time in going nyah-nyah, and blaming the situation on the "Cuban-American terrorist mafia." The official daily Granma charged that Cuban exiles had committed widespread electoral fraud, and demanded new elections in Florida to prove that it was a democracy rather than "a banana republic." (The Cuban leader may, of course, want to be a bit more prudent about demanding free and fair elections lest his people start getting ideas...
Fidel Castro, naturally, lost no time in going nyah-nyah, and blaming the situation on the "Cuban-American terrorist mafia." The official daily Granma charged that Cuban exiles had committed widespread electoral fraud, and demanded new elections in Florida to prove that it was a democracy rather than "a banana republic." (The Cuban leader may, of course, want to be a bit more prudent about demanding free and fair elections lest his people start getting ideas...
...Immigration and Nationalization Service, and on Thursday six of them were released into the custody of relatives in Miami. As long as they don't turn out to have criminal records, they'll be able to apply for permanent residency in a year. Even Cuba's official newspaper, Granma, now acknowledges that what Havana first claimed was a hijacking was, in fact, an escape plan hatched by the pilot...