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'Our Own Brand of Socialism'

“From The Fragrance of Guava: Gabriel García Márquez in conversation with Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, verso, London 1983, £8.95 hardback, £2.95 paper.” read more

Sandinistas Seize the National Palace!

“The plan seemed too simple to be sane: take the National Palace in Managua in broad daylight with a force of only twenty-six, and hold the members of the House of Deputies hostage in exchange for the release of all political prisoners. The National Palace, a tasteless old . . .” read more

Operation Carlota

“The United States first made known the presence of Cuban troops in Angola in an official statement of 24 November 1975. Three months later, during a short visit to Venezuela, Henry Kissinger remarked in private to President Carlos Andrés Pérez: ‘Our intelligence services have grown so bad that . . .” read more