![]() "This army," Castro has boasted, "begins in Cuba and ends in Argentina." His abusive anti-American and pro-Communist messages are carried in books and newspapers shipped to every corner of the hemisphere - often concealed in diplomatic pouches - and handed out together with Soviet propaganda by the Cuban embassies. He has transformed the island into a supply depot for Communist arms and operations throughout South America - recruiting small bands of Communist-directed revolutionaries to serve as the nucleus of future Latin revolutions. With guidance, support, and arms from Moscow and Peiping, he has made anti-Americanism a sign of loyalty and anti-communism a punishable crime - confiscated over a billion dollars' worth of American property - threatened the existence of our naval base at Guantanamo - and rattled red rockets at the United States, which can hardly close its eyes to a potential enemy missile or submarine base only 90 miles from our shores. He has transformed the island of Cuba into a hostile and militant Communist satellite - a base from which to carry Communist infiltration and subversion throughout the Americas. His ambitions extend far beyond his own shores. And all of Cuba is in the iron grip of a Communist-oriented police state.Ĭastro and his gang have betrayed the ideals of the Cuban revolution and the hopes of the Cuban people.īut Castro is not just another Latin American dictator - a petty tyrant bent merely on personal power and gain. All major newspapers and radio stations have been seized. All academic freedom has been eliminated. All political dissenters have been executed, imprisoned, or exiled. All political parties - with the exception of the Communist Party - have been destroyed. There have been no free elections - and there will be none as long as Castro rules. They promised a better life for a people long oppressed by both economic and political tyranny.īut in the 2 years since that revolution swept Fidel Castro into power, those promises have all been broken. They promised an end to harsh police-state tactics. ![]() ![]() They promised individual liberty and free elections. The slogans, the manifestos, and the broadcasts of this revolution reflected the deepest aspirations of the Cuban people. Two years ago in September of 1958 - bands of bearded rebels descended from Cuba's Sierra Maestra Mountains and began their long march on Havana - a march which ended in the overthrow of the brutal, bloody, and despotic dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. I am talking about the one friendly island that our own shortsighted policies helped make communism's first Caribbean base: the island of Cuba. ![]() Sometimes I feel like giving up It seems like my best just ain't good enough Lord, if You hear me, I'm calling You Do You see, do You care all about What I'm goin' through? And then He said, one more day One more step See, I'm preparing you for Myself And when you can't hear My voice Please, trust My plan I'm the Lord, I see, and, yes, I understand But sometimes I feel like I'm all alone I'm just like a stranger so far from home I feel like I've done all that I can do Please, Lord, give me strength I'm just tryin' to make it through That's when He told me (One more day) One more step, yeah One more step of my child (preparing you) I'm preparing you for Myself And when you can't hear My voice (Can't hear My voice) Please, just trust My plan I am the Lord, I see you, and, yes, I understand He knows (He knows I must be prepared) Just how much we can bear And in the time of trouble He promised He would always be there I understand (I understand) The Lord is telling you, yes, I understand (I understand) I am the Lord, I see you, and, yes, I understand This is what He says I am the Lord and I changeth not I won't forget nor have I forgot You see everything works according to My plan I am God, trust Me, I got the whole world in My hands One more day One more day One more step I'm preparing you I'm preparing you all for Myself I'm getting you ready And if you can't you can't hear My voice If you can't hear Me speaking Oh just trust My plan Yeah I am the Lord, I love you, I see you and I understand (I am the Lord, I see you, and, yes, I understand) I am the Lord, I see what you're going through Every problem, every trial, every burden, every situation (I am the Lord, I see you, and, yes, I understand) I understand, I won't leave you.I want to talk with you tonight about the most glaring failure of American foreign policy today - about a disaster that threatens the security of the whole Western Hemisphere - about a Communist menace that has been permitted to arise under our very noses, only 90 miles from our shores. ![]()
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