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Bit by bit, the story of what goes on behind the walls of Fidel Castro's political prisons has been carried out of Cuba by refugees. Sometimes the fragments have been recorded publicly; more often they have not. Two and a half years ago, the Organization of American States...
All told, the OAS commission studied 1,350 case histories. It is estimated that there are some 75,000 political prisoners (one out of every 94 Cubans) behind bars. The commission found that they have no human rights, that they are treated in a "humiliating, oppressive and despotic manner," and...
Duvalier's popularity constitutes a serious obstacle to American and OAS attempts to remove him from office. His overthrow would make him appear as a martyr in the fight against white imperialism, and his popularity among the 90 per cent Negro population would increase. Martyring Duvalier would at once heighten...
The Organization of American States had sent investigating teams twice to Haiti, yet many nations were loath to impose sanctions. Intervention is a nasty word in Latin America, and memories of the Marine occupation of Haiti from 1915-34 are still fresh. In Washington Senator J. William Fulbright, chairman of...
The scene at Miami International Air port was sadly familiar. A Pan American DC-6B rolled to a halt, and TV cameras panned in as 115 refugees filed from the plane. But these passengers were from Franç Duvalier's Haiti - not Castro's Cuba-and they were...