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Prompting some to seriously question the aging black leader's sanity, Mandela said at one point that he claimed Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat (who, we recall, was at the time still considered by most to be a dangerous terrorist), Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi, as his comrades-in-arms. It was a statement that raised more than a few eyebrows and prompted Mandela's handlers to suggest that, in the future, he refrain from moving too far from scripted statements...
These moves were central to the origins of the dispute. The Soviet Union provided missiles to help protect Cuba against such actions. As Defense Secretary Robert McNamara stated at a conference in 1989, "If I had been a Cuban leader, I think I might have expected a U.S. invasion." Kennedy is often praised for his handling of the crisis. But less discussed is the skill with which he hid the U.S. insurgency campaign against Cuba. DEREK MULLINGS Dubai, United Arab Emirates...
...surprising that pop star Gloria Estefan felt the ire of the right-wing Cuban-exile community in Miami [NATION, Oct. 20] for her support of a Metro-Dade arts-board volunteer who was fired for saying officials should end their ban on performances by Cuba-based artists. As an area resident for 10 years, I am aware that right-wing Cuban exiles have taken over big time in Miami, in its politics and assorted businesses. I'm bothered that no one can express an opinion that does not agree with theirs. When these exiles fled Cuba, they took their wealth...
...accident that yesterday night's the remembrance of the dead started with a memorial for the late Cuban revolutionary, "Che" Guevara, someone who has represented the fight for freedom to many in the Latino community...
...retired naval-intelligence officer. My son, a former submariner, and I have jointly written a book, Shadowing Crazy Ivan, that discusses U.S. intelligence operations regarding Soviet submarines. During the Cuban missile crisis, I briefed President Kennedy and his advisers. Although few people knew it, there was a Cuban submarine crisis going on at the same time that posed a greater threat than the short-range missiles being installed in Cuba. The U.S. had received evidence of Soviet submarine-pen construction that would have enabled Soviet submarines capable of launching long-range missiles to cruise up and down U.S. coasts...