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Mayor in new row over praise for Castro
Mayor in new row over praise for Castro
02.01.07
London Mayor Ken Livingstone has become embroiled in fresh controversy
over his support for communist Cuba.
He was criticised after he published a lengthy statement on his website
praising dictator Fidel Castro and his "achievements".
The Mayor spoke out after it was revealed he is to hold a festival in
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Clock is ticking on Castro’s revolution, as Cuba’s young people gaze abroad at West’s prosperity
TICK TOCK
Clock is ticking on Castro’s revolution, as Cuba’s young people gaze
abroad at West’s prosperity
By VANESSA ARRINGTON The Associated Press
HAVANA — Cuba says Fidel Castro’s revolution will last forever.
But the aging cadre of leaders who devoted their lives to building a
communist utopia on this Caribbean island must eventually turn things
over to new generations… Continue reading
Nobody’s Voting in Cuba Today, But Young Cubans Yearn for More $$, Less Propaganda
Nobody’s Voting in Cuba Today, But Young Cubans Yearn for More $$, Less Propaganda
Nov 7, 2006 06:34 PM
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba says Fidel Castro’s revolution will last forever.
But the aging cadre of leaders who devoted their lives to building a
communist utopia on this Caribbean island must eventually turn things
over to new generations — and Cuba’s… Continue reading
Cuba: a curious relic of 20th-century history
The Times August 10, 2006
Cuba: a curious relic of 20th-century history
Thomas Catan
The Left boasts that Castro brought his people literacy: but what’s the
point if they can’t read what they like?
COMMUNISM always seemed far more appealing in the Cuban setting of sun,
sea and salsa than it did in Siberia. And Fidel Castro is incomparably
more… Continue reading