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February 28, 2008
American English edition
Issue Number 61
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Rebuilding an ancient boat
New aircraft fuel tested
Russia’s Amber Room
Noah’s Ark for seeds
Fidel Castro making a speech in 2004
Valuable medals recovered
another communist country so close sians arranged to send their nuclear attract foreign tourists. The tourists
to its coast. weapons to Cuba by ship in 1962. brought some money to the country.
The U.S.A. imposed a trade em- The Americans discovered what Although, local people were not al-
bargo on Cuba. This meant Ameri- was happening. John F. Kennedy lowed to visit these hotels, unless
can companies were not allowed to was the American president at the they worked in them. Cuban people
sell goods to Cuba or buy any Cuban time. He warned Nikita Khrushchev, were also not permitted to travel on
exports. This embargo has never the Russian president, that America the busses the tourists used.
been lifted and American compa- would attack the Russian ships car- Recently, Mr. Castro has been of-
nies are still not allowed to trade rying the weapons if the ships did fered help by the Venezuelan presi-
with Cuba. not turn back. Many people in the dent Hugo Chávez. He too now gives
In 1961, the American government U.S.A. and Europe were sure anoth- the country money and oil.
secretly helped to organize an inva- er world war was about to start. In July 2006, Mr. Castro became
sion of Cuba. America supplied mon- In the end, the ships turned back ill and had a number of operations.
ey and weapons to some Cubans liv- and the Russian nuclear weapons While he was sick he handed over
ing in the U.S.A. Their attack – called never arrived in Cuba. This inci- the running of the country to his
the Bay of Pigs invasion – was easily dent became known as “The Cuban younger brother, Raúl Castro. Since
defeated by Mr. Castro’s forces. Missile Crisis”. having the operations, Fidel Castro
After the missile crisis, Mr. Castro has not been seen in public.
ATLANTIC
U. S. A. OCEAN received more help from Russia. It His formal resignation statement
supplied money, oil and other goods. was made in a government-owned
Florida
As a communist country, Cuba holds newspaper on February 19. Five
no democratic elections. It has good days later, Cuba’s National Assem-
hospitals and schools but its people bly officially announced that Raúl
Havana
are very poor. All factories and farms Castro, aged 76, would take over
CUBA are controlled by the government. from his older brother.
MEXICO Many Cubans wanted to leave and Some experts predict that once
go to the U.S.A. Some risked their Fidel Castro dies Cuba’s communist
After this invasion, Mr. Castro lives in small boats. Many drowned. government will collapse. Many Cu-
made a secret agreement with Rus- When the Russian-led Soviet Un- bans living in the U.S.A. are begin-
sia. He allowed the Russians to be- ion collapsed in 1990, Cuba ran out ning to look forward to the possibil-
gin building sites in Cuba for nucle- of money. Mr. Castro decided that ity of going back to Cuba. However,
ar weapons. These weapons would hotels should be built close to some there is no sign that Raúl Castro is
be aimed at the U.S.A. The Rus- of the country’s beautiful beaches to willing to give up power.