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...falling out among Marxists was something new for Cuba. Suddenly, Fidel Castro, until now Cuba's Maximum Leader and self-declared No. 1 Marxist, had lashed out publicly at the island's official Communist Party and had posed a fascinating question: Who is the real boss in Cuba-Castro, who takes orders only from himself, or the Communist Party's old-line professionals, who get their instructions from Moscow? Revolution in a Raffle. Castro's answer was as clear as he could make it-he was still in charge. Last month, in a marathon...
...from participating in a U.S. television debate with Richard Goodwin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, will almost certainly increase Latin America's mistrust of the U.S.'s motives. Mexico, battling to maintain neutrality between the giant on the north and a little Cuba feeling new Marxist-Leninist oats, is particularly sensitive to American slights...
...belong to them are not able to occupy important posts is an "absurd, negative, stupid policy. Let there be an end to all speakers of garbage." Cuba's Prime Minister made it clear that he still considers himself a Communist: "The revolution is absolutely defined as Marxist-Leninist." But he was the man in charge, and his brother Raúl from now on was Vice Premier...
Messiah & Marx. Washington, which has a team of Castrologists to interpret Castro just as it has a group of Kremlinologists to study Khrushchev, regarded the show as Castro's violent reaction to the increasingly bold Communist Party takeover. But Castro, who considers himself as much messiah as Marxist, refused to go quietly-and so did his wispy-mustached little brother Raúl. On Feb. 19, according to reports reaching Miami exiles, Raul shot and seriously wounded a party leader in Oriente province in an argument over who was boss...
...week (enough for three small hamburgers ). Castro offered such stock excuses for the food failure as the Yankee boycott (although U.S. food exports to Cuba are still legal), but also acknowledged some of the shortcomings of collectivization. He wound up with a strange mixture of Marxist-Leninist self-criticism and the regal We. "Only a few months ago, we made formal promises of commitments we have not carried out," said Castro. "We are ashamed. Who is to blame? The administrators, the rulers and everyone...