"'No sober person in Latin America wants to adopt the Cuban system. But wherever he went in Latin America he received a raving ovation,' said Wayne Smith, a veteran U.S. diplomat who served in Havana. 'Why? Because he stood up to the United States, told us where to go, and got away with it."
Carol J. Williams in the Los Angeles Times writes an obituary for Fidel Castro.
Saturday, November 26, 2016
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