MANIPULATING AMERICA: The Soviet Troops in Cuba -- REVISITED (1984)
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Date: 22/02/2011

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240. MANIPULATING AMERICA: THE RUSSIAN TROOPS IN CUBA -- REVISITED (1984)
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A recent article in the NACLA publication had an extensive review of the US policy in Central America, pointing to the watershed nature of the situation of the Russian troops in Cuba which occurred during the Carter administration. The author claims that the policy of accommodation and assistance toward the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and the rebels in El Salvador
was changed after the hawks made a non-event into a government crisis, forcing Carter to place his Caribbean and Central American policy in an East-West context and to take a hard line in Central America toward the progressive forces. We re-show the relevant segments of a previous program on the subject (#48) featuring former CIA official John R. Stockwell, as we analyzed the network coverage of the situation.

Originally aired 1979
Copyright October, 1984


This movie is part of the collection: Alternative Views

Producer: Frank Morrow
Production Company: Alternative Information Network
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: English

media; public access television; Frank Morrow; Doug Kellner; Austin Community Television; CIA; 


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