Word: holguin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that Castro himself set in motion were moving too fast for any sudden slowdown. At Cape Canaveral, Fla. a U.S. range safety officer made a lightning decision, pressed the destruction button on a malfunctioning satellite rocket, and fragments weighing up to 40 Ibs. showered down within ten miles of Holguin (pop. 70,000). In normal times the incident would be covered by an embarrassed apology; in the anti-U.S. atmosphere of Cuba the effect was hopelessly inflammatory. Revolution, Castro's mouthpiece, exploded at a "new Yankee provocation." Nor was the U.S. very conciliatory: to Cuba went a note...