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- NATION, Page 43American NotesCUBAFidel Castro vs. Kate & Allie
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- TV Marti, the U.S.-funded plan to bombard Cuba with
- seditious American news and entertainment shows, began its
- three-month $7.5 million test last week, broadcasting from
- Florida to the few insomniacs awake in Havana when the signal
- came in at 1:30 a.m. Within minutes, jammers blocked TV Marti's
- signal, denying Havana the delights of a Spanish-dubbed Kate
- & Allie sitcom, World Series reruns, a Spanish game show called
- La Feria de la Alegria (The Happiness Fair) and MTV music
- videos.
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- President Fidel Castro denounced the broadcasts as
- "subversive" and a violation of Cuban sovereignty. But rather
- than jamming TV Marti, his best revenge might be to broadcast
- his own long-winded speeches into the U.S. A recent blast from
- Cuba was heard on radios as far away as Nashville.
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