Word: cubans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Addressed the Congress on the soth anniversary of Cuban independence...
Every fortnight, Batista drives off to Palm Beach, Orlando or Fort Pierce for secret meetings with aides who bring the political word from Cuba and take back his instructions. Only when the Cuban government discovers an arms cache and shouts "Batista plot" are Floridians reminded that their guest is dynamite...
Batista's decision to run for Senator (from Las Villas province) is a hard-headed deal. His name will help the Liberal-Democrat opposition in a doubtful district. For Batista, it is a foot in the Cuban political door. Because most Cubans have forgotten his brutal police methods, remember only that meat & butter were cheaper in his time, Batista is likely to win in a walk without so much as leaving Daytona Beach...
...might recall that in that question, as well as in the all-important one about the . veto power, the Cuban delegation was the champion of the opposition. In San Francisco, Ambassador Belt's impassionate appeal, and at Lake Success Professor Dihigo's logical arguments, were crushed under the steamroller tactics of the all-powerful U.S. delegation, with the result that you now regret...
...since the attitude of the almighty U.S. is much more important to the world at large than the opinion of insignificant Cuba, don't you think it would help to alleviate the sufferings of a sick humanity to have [the Cuban delegates] assist the U.S. in framing its foreign policy? At least, they may teach the U.S. State Department that "might" is not always necessarily "right...