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Article: Cubans stand by for a long, hot summer: Cuba's young people are in a surly mood. Trouble ahead for Fidel Castro?(violence is spreading in Cuba, especially among the youth)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- June 13, 1998
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HAVANA
Cuba's young people are in a surly mood. Trouble ahead for Fidel Castro?
SUHARTO first, Castro next? The idea is not as crazy as it sounds, some Cubans say. Official media made much of the popular uprising that brought down an anti-communist dictator. Others saw Indonesia differently. ''It was the students who did it,'' says one youth at a Havana college. ''And the army helped. That could happen here. We're disaffected, so are ordinary soldiers. They're badly fed. They work all day in the sun in boots that are falling apart. Many of my friends are in the army. They've no loyalty to this government.''
Things may not go that far. But many older ...