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...colonel led an abortive coup himself 10 years ago. The April uprising did sober him into dumping the inept socialists he had put in charge of Venezuela's state oil monopoly - and who had been lavishing heavily subsidized oil shipments on Chavez's buddy, Cuba's communist President Fidel Castro...
...father’s photographs capture the passion of the 1960s in Cuba with mature artistry. He is interested in the people who shaped the era, their movements and actions, focusing on their humanity rather than their explicitly political content. One picture shows a young, handsome Fidel Castro, hands on hips and cigar in teeth, standing jovially with a group of young soldiers. In Fernandez’ portrayal of the October Crisis of 1962, a 12-year-old boy turns away from his post at a machine gun and towards the camera, holding a small puppy. Fernandez senior always brings...
...Since then, Castro has paid cash for more than $100 million in additional food and livestock feed shipments, whetting the appetite of U.S. agribusiness giants like ADM and Cargill, as well as Midwestern farmers. By 2005, say optimistic forecasts, the total could reach $1.4 billion, raising Cuba from 51st to around 30th among countries that buy food products from the U.S. As a result, Congress is now considering whether to drop the cash-only requirement...
...business's enthusiastic expectations. Cuba, he noted, has had trouble in the past repaying credit on all but the most favorable terms. The Bush Administration also insists that most of the U.S. food ends up on the tables of communist officials and bureaucrats, not average Cubans, a charge that Castro angrily denies. "Millions of tons of food have been distributed free to six million people" since a hurricane ravaged the island last November, insisted Castro, who reveled in feeding U.S. livestock for photographers. If Cuba can't pay for any of the food purchases it signs for during this expo...
...Castro, of course, agreed, but admitted: "The day the blockade ends, I will be a bit nostalgic." Meantime, Kelmer and colleagues were sealing a $1.2 million deal to sell 30 million eggs to Cuba. It's not a record; but in terms of U.S.-Cuba relations, it's the sort of thing few thought they'd ever see in Castro's lifetime...