Castro's Cuba Faces Isolation and Strain Under Castro Rule
The text portrays Castro as a global agitator feared by the United States, linked with Red China and the Soviets, while Cuba endures economic chaos. It notes New Year's Eve events celebrating Batista's fall, a compulsory military service law, and widespread shortages with high prices and wages dragged down by taxes. Castro's balance hinges on Moscow ties, limiting open support for Red China.
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Castro's Cuba Messier Than Ever Analysis by AP
Fidel Castro's regime is years old New Year's Day. The article portrays Cuba as a chaotic Communist state with food shortages rationing high prices and economic turmoil. It characterizes Cuba as a 1948 style satellite with excessive confusion and a mix of shortages and mismanagement.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
Fallacious in Context of a Daily Word Lesson
A daily vocabulary note highlights the word fallacious meaning deceptive or misleading with pronunciation fa-lay-shuss, second syllable stress. It contrasts nearby usage guidance on redundancy in phrases and offers example sentence about a doctrine being fallacious.
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W. L. Gordon
735 Million Hong Kong Population Figures Cited
AP reports population experts estimate China's population has topped 735 million. Peking rarely releases figures. 1957 estimate was 656,630,000. Premier Chou En-Lai said growth around 2 percent annually, though figures here may be conservative. Viet Nam has been politically divided since Vietnamese factions ousted the French protectorate.
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Viet Nam
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