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A Closely Watched Fidel Castro Turns 75
M IAM I — Fidel Castro, a thom
in the side o f 10 A merican presi­
dents, m arks his 75th birthday to­
day. But celebrants are few in
M iam i’sC ubancom m unity, where
many have finally begun to envi­
sion C astro's end.
This area is hom e to more than
half the U SA ’s 1.2 million Cuban-
Americans. That m akes it a place
where everyone watches C astro’s
health closely. It’s said that when
the Cuban leader sneezes, Miami
catches a cold.
C astro’s near-collapse in June,
during one o f his fam ous lengthy
speeches, set off a frenzy among
many who have waited 42 years for
his fall. The onstage stum ble in
Cuba merited most o f The M iam i
H e ra ld s front page and tw o inside
pages, despite C astro's reappear­
ance that evening to finish speak­
ing and assure Cubans he had re­
covered from the sweltering heat.
Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage.
visiting New York at the time, joked
about the short-lived swoon. It was
so brief, he said, that C astro’s en­
em ies in Miami "didn't even have
tim e to uncork their bottles."
The once-robust Castro is now
gray. Age spots dot his face. His
trademark beard, though sparser,
remains, along w ith his green mili­
tary fatigues. Cubans on the island
refer to their leader as "el barbuda,"
the bearded one. They silently
evoke his name by making a motion
as if stroking a beard.
A transition from a Castro-led
Cuba carries political and economic
implications for both Cuba and the
U SA . B ut C uba scholars say
Castro’s death or retirement w on’t
m ean overnight change in the
country’s political system. Pos­
sible successors are Communists
many here feel for him has driven
U.S. policy. W ithout him as a tar­
w ho support a revolution that many
in C uba speak o f as if it happened
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Fidel C astro, th e Com m unist leader of Cuba since 1 9 5 9 .
get, some experts say, the relation­
ship between the two nations could
soften. Castro has held near-abso­
lute pow er in Cuba since Jan. 1,
1959, when the revolution he led
o v e rth re w P re s id e n t
yesterday.
However, pressure in the USA
to end a nearly 40-year trade em ­
bargo likely will increase once
Castro is gone. The hatred that
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Fulgencio Batista. His government
confiscated more than $ 1 billion in
A m erican-ow ned property, ex ­
ecuted or imprisoned thousands
o f enem ies and put Com munist
doctrine in the schools. C astro’s
adm irers note the country has
made vast improvements in health
care and educational opportuni­
ties. especially for the poor.
The United States cut diplo­
matic relations in 1961 and insti­
tuted a trade em bargo in 1962.
Restrictions on business with and
travel to C uba still stand.
In M iami, a flood o f refugees
from C astro’s regim e has remade
the city in a Cuban mold. Spanish
dom inates. C uban heroes are
honored on street signs. Restau­
rants and nightclubs bear the
same nam es as fam ed spots in
Cuba. C uba’s future is discussed
en d lessly at co ffee co u n ters
along Little H avana’s Calle Ocho,
or Eighth Street Bankers in suits
and ties jo in blue-collar workers
to trade opinions about the island
and sip cortaditos, sw eetened
espresso with a swirl o f milk.
Miami-Dade County’s Cuban-
Americans wield trem endous po­
litical and econom ic clout. Last
y ear's Census found th at650,601
people, 29% o f the county, claim
C uban heritage. Yet the com m u­
nity is far from monolithic.
M any youngerCuban-A m eri­
cans don’t have the same hatred for
Castro or longing for a stolen home­
land that their parents or grandpar­
ents do. The desire by those with
painful m em oriesoffleeingCubato
return after C astro is gone is now
complicated by roots set in Miami ’ s
sandy soil.
A stunning rift was seen in the
past month in the Cuban American
National Foundation, a group that
has long been an influential voice
in U.S.-Cuba policy.
In a very public falling-out,
nearly two dozen o f 170 board mem­
bers quit in protest over what some
see as a softer approach toward
Cuba by the group’s leader, Jorge
Mas Santos. M as Santos, 38, is the
A m erican-born son o f the group’s
legendary hard-line founder, the
late Jorge M as Canosa.
Analysts have interpreted the
split as everything from simple
generational differences to a signal
that the once-hard-line foundation
will encourage m ore m oderate
v ie w s. F o u n d a tio n o f fic ia ls
downplay the impact o f the rift on
the group’s continuing focus: free­
dom for Cuba post-Castro.
The foundation fight com es a
year after the furor over Elian
Gonzalez, the Cuban child w ho sur-
vived a boat capsizing in which his
m other and other refugees died.
Elian was ultimately returned to
Cuba by the U .S. governm ent over
the protests o f anti-Castro activ­
ists. M any see both issues as blows
toCuban-American political power.
M uch to the dism ay o f many
here, Castro could well have a long
life: His father was 82 when he died,
and his m other lived well into her
80s. Like most detai Is aboutCastro’s
personal life, his late m other’s ac­
tual age is unknown. Yet when
Castro dies, Miami is sure to cel­
ebrate.
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Som e cities in Oregon
like Salem , W oodburn,
C ornelius and H illsboro
are experiencing rapid
growth and concentration
o f Latino residents and
it’s im portant that the
voice o f Latinos is heard
and valued in important
decisions that affect the
state o f Oregon.
The Latino community
U ortlanii
(Rboerorr
is the largest m inority group in the
state o f Oregon com prising 8% o f
the state’s population. The Latino
population grew 144% over the last
10 years and’rapid growth is ex­
pected to continue.
Redistricting lines are evaluated
and redrafted every 10 years and
we are o f the position that the 1990
redistricting lines w ould dilute
Latino voting strength in M arion
County because the lines w ould
divide the Latino com munities into
separate districts. This would be in
violation o f Section 2 o f the US
voting rights.
Secretary ofState Bill Bradbury
understands this, and has devel­
oped House District 33 w hich es­
tablishes a district encom passing a
large portion o f the Latino popula­
tion in M arion County and thus
assuring a sound voting voice from
that com m unity.
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