Down she plunged into a block of newly laid, quick-drying concrete. Yetta Samovar's last words as the concrete hardened about her were, "Solidarity forever!" Max Shulman in
Barefoot Boy with Cheek
And so it went for the international Continental Congress of Solidarity with Cuba that planned to convene in Brazil last week. All of Fidel's overseas friends were expected: Bertrand Russell, Jean-Paul Sartre, Russian Author Vanda Vasilevskaya, Mexico's ex-President Lázaro Cárdenas, British Guiana's Janet Jagan, and a couple hundred more. Castro planned to send a large delegation; placards were printed and street demonstrations...
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