In Review
Castro, the Blacks, and Africa by Carlos Moore, UCLA Center for Afro- American Studies, 1989, $43 (cloth), $23.50 (paper). Like
The Bosch Pendulum
Dominican historian Roberto Cassd, has observed Juan Bosch for most of the latter's checkered career. In this excerpt from a
STEALING PERESTROIKA
EVER SINCE FIDEL CASTRO ABRUPTLY ENDED a press conference during Mikhail Gorbachev's visit to Cuba last year, when reporters questioned
Broadcast Wars
FIDEL CASTRO ONCE CALLED IT "AN ELEC- tronic war between David and Goliath...that Biblical character [who] was defeated by his
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Beacon of Despair
In the eastern urban sprawl of Santo Domingo, a vast concrete cross-shaped structure is rising steadily into the capi- tal's
On the Record
Panama II McCORD AIR FORCE BASE, WA. About 125,000 people attended an air show on Saturday that was billed as
MAS CANOSA’S PORK BARREL
T V. MARTI IS A CLASSIC POLITICAL PORK BAR- . rel. Despite all the high-minded rhetoric about bring- ing the
ENEMY OF CONVENIENCE The United States vs. Cuba
THE FALL OF COMMUNISM IN EUROPE WILL undoubtedly be viewed as a watershed in the history of the Cuban Revolution,
Taking Note
THE LAST TIME I SAW MYRNA WAS FIVE A.M. on June 30, when she dropped me off at the airport
The Thirty-Year War
U S. POLICY TOWARD CUBA HAD A REMARK- . able consistency over the span of seven presidencies from Eisenhower to
BRAZIL Workers Have a Better Idea
When I arrived at the Ford plant with union president "Vicentinho," several thousand workers were gath- ered at the factory
