Why Is the U.S. Ignoring Fidel Castro's Signals? Castro is willing to discuss settlement in Central America, Angola NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition

[Fidel Castro] HAS been in power for almost 30 years. When last I saw him a few weeks ago, he appeared to be in vigorous good health and had the aspect of a man who expects to be around another 20 years or so. His economy is not doing well but is in no danger of collapse; the Soviet Union will conti...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author By Wayne S. Smith. Wayne S. Smith was chief of the
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 04.08.1987
EditionCombined editions
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Carter, Jimmy
Castro, Fidel
Reagan, Ronald Wilson
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Summary:[Fidel Castro] HAS been in power for almost 30 years. When last I saw him a few weeks ago, he appeared to be in vigorous good health and had the aspect of a man who expects to be around another 20 years or so. His economy is not doing well but is in no danger of collapse; the Soviet Union will continue to provide enough economic assistance to keep it going. There is more discontent inside Cuba than was the case a decade ago, but Castro faces no organized internal opposition - and is unlikely ever to face any, if only because his security forces are massive, effective and, for the most part, fanatically loyal to him. Prior to [Mariel], the Cubans had urged discussion of immigration matters and a resolution to the problem of maritime hijackings. The United States failed even to answer their diplomatic notes protesting the hijackings. In February and March of 1980, the Castro government specifically warned us that it would open Mariel if we did not answer those notes. The Department of State did not even respond to the cables in which the warnings were reported. 1) UPI Photos-Castro then (1959), 2) Castro now