Evening star

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have been truthful when he

stated in Washington that he

has no intention of meddling

in the internal affairs of

other Caribbean or Latin

American republics. But he

is shutting his eyes to fol

lowers organising foreign

legions on Cuban territory to

overthrow legitimate govern

ments in Panama, the Do

minican Republic, Haiti and

Nicaragua.

The legions are composed

of riff-raff from many coun

tries in the Western Hemis

phere. including the United

States. The governments they

intend to overthrow are not

only legitimate and recog

nised by most of the world

(except some Communist

countries), but are also known

to maintain law and order.

That the Cuban govern

ment, which is as strictly

controlled by Fidel Castro as

that of the Soviet Union is by

Premier Khrushchev, has a

hand in the present Latin

American convulsion is un

questionable. If Castro had

meant it when he said during

his glamorous visit to the

United States that he does

not intend to meddle in the

domestic affairs of other

countries, one word from him

would stop the activities of

the so-called foreign legions

which are being trained in

Cuba for “service abroad.”

Our policies toward the

South American republics

were summed up succinctly

by Vice President Nixon a

few months ago when he

stated that we extend a cold

and formal hand to the dic

tators and a warm embrace

to the real democrats. The

words democrat and democ

racy have, since the emer

gence of the new Soviet jar

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How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1959). Washington, D.C., 1959-05-01. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1959-05-01/ed-1/?sp=13

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1959-05-01.