Castro seeks help from a friend
It had been 23 years since Fidel Castro, then a beardless young rebel of 30, set sail with a revolutionary band of 81 guerrillas from the Mexican port of Tuxpan for Cuba's Oriente province. Last week the hirsute Cuban leader returned to the land from which he had launched his successful revolt against the government of Fulgencio Batista. At the invitation of President José López Portillo, Castro made a 32-hour visit to the resort island of Cozumel, with a brief stop on the mainland. Between meetings with López Portillo, who effusively welcomed him as "one...
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