"Cuba, Yes! Russia, No!"

Sick in bed last week with pneumonia, Fidel Castro was made just a shade more miserable by outcries of opposition in the streets. After a special Mass at Havana cathedral for "those persecuted under Communist regimes." members of the congregation surged into the street shouting, "Cuba, yes! Russia, no!", a variation on the Castro cry of "Cuba, yes! Yanqui, no!'' For 30 minutes the churchgoers battled pro-Castro hecklers. Next day another street fight erupted after a Mass in suburban Miramar to mark the 24th anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Castro wearily hauled himself before the TV cameras to blame "fascist and Falangist" priests for both demonstrations.

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