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Another big advantage the press has is an information monopoly. The papers carry stories of the guerrillas hacking defenseless women to death with machetes. There is Radio Havana, but this is a foreign voice, especially for the peasant. For the present, the most important source of ideology is still the Church. Remember that the other European colonizers never succeeded in imposing Christianity on the population as a whole; they merely cultivated it in their elites. Only the Spanish and the Portuguese conquered for Cross as well as gold. Orthodox Latin American Catholicism has always been profoundly degrading for the masses...
...That assessment had better be right, because Pan Am needs a major new success. Almost as soon as it started flying from Key West to Havana in 1927, Pan Am became the high and mighty among U.S. air carriers. Patrician Boss Juan Trippe maintained what was virtually his own state department to negotiate landing rights with foreign governments; at home, he had the political clout of a board of directors that has always included more former high Government and military officers than that of probably any other U.S. company. Among the current crew: Cyrus Vance, Alfred Gruenther, William Scranton...
...Soviets might eventually repeat the Czechoslovak pattern and invade other countries in the area, notably Rumania. Still, Communism is dead as a unifying ideology. In the '70s, the splintering trend will intensify; there may be four or five-or more-Communist movements, with headquarters in Moscow, Peking, Havana, Belgrade and possibly Bucharest...
...more I thought about it, the more excited I became. We waved good-bye to Key West and landed under armed guard in Havana. All the way down, the pilot reassured us that transportation back to the States would be provided as soon as possible. The stewardess apologized for the inconvenience. I imagined businessmen bitching about Castro and Yankee matrons trembling in mortal fear of the Enemy. Someone would ask the customs man which way to the casinos...
...immediate neighbors, two business school students, were talking about their new dean. They had pale complexions, three-piece suits, and glasses. I didn't want to let anyone play hero and warn the pilot, so I just sat back and listened to the engines. I still felt Havana in my veins but I wanted my man to hurry...