Impact of Cuban-Soviet Ties in the Western Hemisphere: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session |
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Page 153 - The Cuban Military in Africa and the Middle East: From Algeria to Angola," Studies in Comparative Communism, vol.
Page 199 - CECIL H. GREEN LIBRARY STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES STANFORD, CALIFORNIA 94305-6004 (650) 723-1493 grncirc@sulmail.stanford.edu Ail books are subject to recall.
Page 11 - During 1976, there was some thought that Castro might lose some of his considerable power during the reorganization, but instead, he was able to maintain control. Currently he is President of the Council of State, President of the Council of Ministers, First Secretary of the Communist Party, and commander in chief of the armed forces. Raul Castro remains the second most important official in the Cuban hierarchy. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, an old line, pro-Soviet Cuban Communist, rounds out the top...
Page 79 - Cuban leadership. •Proletarian internationalism* is a term which tends to be received with knowing cynnical smiles in the US However, the Cubans take it very seriously. As interpreted by the Cuban leadership, -proletarian internationalism means that "Cuba, in carrying out its foreign policy, subordinates its interests to the general interests of the victory of socialism and communism, of national liberation of the peoples, to the purposes of defeating imperialism and eliminating colonialism, neocolonialism...
Page 55 - ... progressive" governments. This did not, to be sure, take place overnight, but the trend was nonetheless clear and by 1970 Cuban assistance to guerrilla groups and other efforts to export revolution had been cut back to very low levels. This of course had to have an ideological justification, which was provided by Cuban theorists who declared in good Marxist-Leninist phraseology that the subjective and objective conditions for revolution were, after all, simply not right in Latin America. The...
Page 152 - Peter Vanneman and Martin James, "The Soviet Intervention in Angola: Intentions and Implications," Strategic Review (Cambridge, Mass.), Vol.
Page 148 - Fidel acknowledged that the restoration of economic ties with the United States would be beneficial, but he again reiterated that "Cuba's solidarity with the African peoples is not negotiable." Moreover, he warned that : * * * if the US Government believes that in order for relations to improve, our people must give up their (internationalist) principles, then in the same manner that In the past we fought against five Presidents of the United States. we will now fight against the sixth. If they persist...
Page 116 - Yes, compared to other countries in the Middle East, it probably qualified. In the Middle East it is tough at times to decide which government is progressive, not to enter into a discussion of the meanings of "progressive.
Page 91 - ... the history of the experiment, and too early in my own research, to say anything definitive about the impact of Poder Popular. With this caveat in mind, I will however offer five tentative conclusions. First, the experiment of Poder Popular is not a mere institutional formality. Significant economic and social issues are involved. The new system of political participation can only be understood if it is seen in the context of a wide-ranging reorganization of the Cuban economy, in the direction...
Page 51 - Tn a number of countries opportunities for those entering the urban labor force are not growing rapidly. The ability of these countries to regain the high growth levels needed, especially given high population growth rates, will depend in large measure on what happens in the rest of the world. As many Latin American countries have now per capita incomes higher than in other parts of the developing world, reflecting preciselv the growth of their urban middle classes, thev have become, less eligible...