Impact of Cuban-Soviet Ties in the Western Hemisphere: Hearings Before the Subcommitee on Inter-American Affairs of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session .... |
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Page 13 - 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 57 - ... 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 93 - ... 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 81 - 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 and all forms...
Page 150 - 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 118 - 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 86 - Cuba whereby Fidel Castro exercises less personalistic rule, and his fidelista followers have had to share important posts in the party and the Government with other elite elements. The position of the two Castro brothers, however, has been ultimately strengthened as the veteran fidelistas and the raulistas from the military joined together as a dominant core within the new ruling coalition that has emerged since the early seventies. In turn, reconcentrated political power has been formally vested...
Page 190 - American energy organi6 zation. Cuba has once more become part of the Latin caucus at the UN , and its representatives have attended, among other things, the Latin American-EEC meeting in Montevideo in March 1974 and the celebrations marking the anniversary of the Battle of Ayacucho (1825) . Castro has announced his support for the Latin American Economic System (SELA) which would help member nations produce and market the region's raw materials at higher prices . The Cubans are enjoying even more...
Page 91 - The Cuban regime may be more dangerous to the United States now than when it supported isolated guerrilla bands whose only success was in frightening Latin American governments into cooperating (for once) with the United States. In addition, Cuba has not completely given up on subversion. Both Chile and Uruguay have reported in detail Cuban assistance to local guerrilla groups. Cuba has also provided radio and television time to the Nicaraguan rebels who, through the use of hostages, managed to escape...
Page 196 - Report, Latin America. 21 December 1974. 14. Washington Post. 29 January 1975. Castro's attempt to get oil below OPEC prices has so far not met with success --to his increasing annoyance, 15. At the June 1975 meeting of the hemisphere's Communist parties- -the first of its kind since November...