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...half-century after he arrived on the world stage with a bang, Fidel left with a whimper. There was no overwhelming sense of sorrow in Cuba nor exultation across the Straits of Florida. There was only a collective shrug. "It's O.K.," said Yanelis, a young Cuban woman in Marianao, a suburb of Havana. "Fidel is an old person; he should rest...
Moreover, since the opening of the farmer's markets last October, there has been a flurry of economic activity even within the moribund peso-driven sector of the economy. One such place is the Marianao farmer's market, in a drab workers' suburb of Havana, where customers seem to be complaining about high prices--but are still buying. A vendor named Jorge is doing a brisk trade in his homemade marinade of vinegar, garlic, onion, salt and cumin. ``I used to teach language at the university,'' he explains. ``But I was making only 325 pesos a month. Life is very...
...much better this year than any other year," Fernandez said about Tiant. Fernandez, like Tiant, is a refugee from Cuba, and the two played together on the Marianao Park team in Havana. Fernandez said that Tiant is working on three new pitches to befuddle hitters, including a knuckleball, a forkball, and a palmball...
...fortnight ago, Salabarria blamed Tro. It also gave him the excuse he needed. Last week, with a warrant for the arrest of Tro and two friends, Salabarria got together two carloads of men armed with Tommy guns. They surrounded a house in suburban Marianao where Tro was visiting, were soon firing round after round into walls and windows...
Died. Regino Truffin, 29, elder son of Nieves Perez Chaumont de Truffin Walsh; of a liver ailment; in Marianao, Cuba. His long illness delayed for more than a year the marriage of his mother to Montana's late Senator Thomas James Walsh (TIME, March...