Cuba: Talk of Growing Unrest

Miami's Cuban exile community lives on hope—and stories from home. For six months the rumors have swirled around the mysterious disappearance of Che Guevara, 37, long the most important figure next to Castro in Cuba's Communist hierarchy (TIME, June 25). Last week the Che story receded into the background before a whole new crop of tales whispering of sabotage and assassination attempts inside Cuba. Some were open to question; others were at least partly based on fact. Either way, they all hinted at growing unrest on Castro's troubled island.

Ramiro Valdés, Castro's Minister of Interior, suggested as much in a brief...