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Cubans Seem Content to Tolerate Shortcomings
Havana dispatch notes residents endure rationing and surveillance under Fidel Castro while access to goods and foreign hotel privileges differ sharply. Citizens face strict security oversight by the Revolution’s committees, limited meat and staples, and a hotel economy favoring foreigners amid a regime blamed for hardship.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Revolutionary Armed Forces
Castro
Raul
Committee For the Defense of the Revolution
Fulgencio
Battista