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...declared Cuba a secular, not an atheist, state. Sometime around 1995, Castro regained enough equilibrium to reopen serious talks with the Vatican. Some speculate that he was more relaxed, more confident he would not be overthrown. Some say he was convinced that what the Pope had done to galvanize Poland's anticommunist crusade could not be replicated through the weak Cuban church. Some think he realized it was time to embrace the religious hunger in the nation and find ways to dampen discontent. But he was probably driven as much by practical concerns as Cuba begged for European investment...
...spite of the trend away from international news, the paper did issue two foreign affairs-related extra editions in 1981. One proclaimed the declaration of marshal law in Poland; the other, printed the night of Ronald Reagan's inauguration as President, announced the release of American hostages in Iran...
...come out and greet the pontiff. They were there out of a sense of duty to the revolution.? An unusual scenario indeed, particularly in light of the media-driven perception of the Pope as anti-communist crusader who would serve as a magnet for opposition forces. ?Cuba is not Poland,? says Drummond. ?The Church here was always associated with the rich, many of whom went into exile in Miami. It?s never been a Latin American-style ?church of the people...
JOSEPH STALIN 1939 Dealing with the Nazis for the lion's share of Poland...
LECH WALESA 1981 Leading Poland's labor challenge to Moscow...