Cuba: Wooden Anniversary

Few revolutions have fared worse. Virtually every human necessity is rationed, the country is in economic confusion, "voluntary" fund drives are confiscatory, wages are falling through the cracks in the floor, and men and women alike are being drafted for forced labor in the fields. But last week on the wooden anniversary of the Cuban revolution. Fidel Castro was still the picture of Communist bluster, and his helpless people still cheered obediently.

MIGs & Rockets. Above the reviewing stand in Havana's Plaza de la RevoluciĆ³n screamed supersonic MIG-21 Russian fighters, now flown,...

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