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In 1961, Cuba's Premier Fidel Castro roundly denounced the Organization of American States as "the whorehouse of imperialism." His acerbic judgment was presumably reinforced by the diplomatic and trade quarantine imposed on Cuba by the OAS three years later. Now, though, Castro may well be in a mind...
Opinion within the OAS has been shifting in Castro's favor over the past several years (TIME, Sept. 2). The pivotal difference at the Quito conference is the attitude of the U.S., which will conspicuously decline to lobby in favor of continued sanctions. The American policy shift was foreshadowed...
The commission's report is equally trenchant on other Latin American matters. It contends that U.S. insistence on perpetual control of the Panama Canal jeopardizes its interests more than it protects them. It also urges formulation of foreign investment codes that would at once protect underdeveloped countries from exploitation...
Out of historical context, the statement might seem frank and even commendable in its adherence to international co-operation. But in fact, the OAS is not a confederation of equal states, each of them respecting collective decisions, as it would have to be for Ford's statement to make sense...
> Cuba's dependence on the Soviet Union, which has enabled Castro to survive the OAS embargo and gives the Soviets their only toehold in the Americas, is becoming increasingly burdensome to both Havana and Moscow. The Cubans owe the Russians at least $4 billion, and the debt grows by...