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- Jan. 08, 1990: Grapevine:Castro Courts Jerusalem
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Jan. 08, 1990 When Tyrants Fall
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- NATION, Page 51
- Grapevine
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- <p> CASTRO COURTS JERUSALEM. With the Soviet Union squirming
- about the $5.5 billion annual cost of subsidizing his
- revolution, Fidel Castro has recently become less picky about
- his trading partners. Of late, he has been reaching out to
- Israel. "We have a lot in common," says a Havana official of
- the more pragmatic approach his country is taking toward the
- Middle East. "Both we and the Israelis have been isolated,
- independent and tough." Geopolitics notwithstanding, the real
- appeal for the Castro government is Israel's expertise in
- agriculture. Cuba desperately needs to boost its citrus and
- sea-food production. Both are major export items.
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- </article>
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