Word: planeload
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...evacuation of 678 exiles to San José, Castro abruptly ordered the Costa Rican flights suspended. Henceforth, Cuban authorities insisted, all refugees had to go directly to the countries where they planned to settle. Castro reportedly was annoyed that Costa Rican President Rodrigo Carazo himself welcomed the first planeload of refugees. More important, Castro was furious about the bad publicity Cuba was reaping in the Latin American press. To counter it, he staged a massive rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. More than a million Cubans marched through Havana, chanting "iQue se vayan!" (let them...