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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, October 4, 1979
Researcher says ambition fueled Cuba troop issue
ByHAROLD CAMPBELL
Staff Reporter
American politicians overreached to the presence of Russian soldiers in Cuba to further their political ambitions, an act that is widely criticized in Latin America researcher said yesterday.
The researcher, Howard Handelman, who recently visited Cuba, told about 25 people in the U.S. who were American politicians were trying to enhance their political images, and had a hard time coming up with words for them.
The speech was delivered in the Ecumenical Ministries building, 1294 Oread Ave.
"Sen. Frank Church (D-Idaho) is up for attention and need to find some solution to affect and increase popularity," Handelman said. "Dahao is a largely conservative state and he needed a candidate."
Handelman also said the controversy was a handy way for President Jimmy Carter to boost his ratings.
"I don't think he has gained any popularity from this, however." Handelman said. "I think he blew the whole issue."
HANDELMAN SAID Carter handled the
issue poorly by failing to mention earlier that the 2,000 to 3,000 Russian soldiers had been in Cuba for at least five years.
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Handelman said he thought the Russian troops were in Cuba for training purposes, as Soviet and Cuban officials had claimed.
Earlier this week, Cuban President Fidel Castro called the troop issue a "comedy."
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Before discussing the Russian troops in Cuba, Handelman said he was impressed with some of the progress the Cuban had made since the 1960 revolution.
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"I was impressed with Cuba's gains in education and in mass involvement in the political process," he said, referring to the news made on his three-week trip to Cuba.
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ALTHOUGH THE quality of Cuban education is poor, he said, it is better than in past years.
He said that today, 50 percent more children attended grade school and 300 percent more attended high school in Cuba than in 1970.
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"However, any gains in Cuban education would be impressive compared with the state of education in Cuba before the 1990 midterm when the illiteracy rate was rather high."
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Besides education, Handelman said he was impressed with "mass involvement" of Cubans in local politics.
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Handelman has done research in Latin America since 1968, when he studied psaedist life in Peru. He also has written books about American America for international magazine magazines.
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"Of course, Castro directs major policy and foreign affairs decisions in exchange with the government such as garbage collection and work hours are run by Cuban citizens," Handelman said.
The organization sends researchers to parts of the world that it thinks the American press does not adequately cover. Many of those says, are Latin America, Africa and Asia.
This involvement developed, he said, through the "Poder Popular" (Popular Will) movement, created by the Cuban government, which brought about the first elections in 1877. The elections called all Cubans to choose their own city officials.
The American Universities Field Staff, which employs Handelman, is a non-profit organization financed by 11 U.S. universities, including KU.
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But Cuba seemed to be recovering from "economic blunders" and an exodus of trained persons after the 1959 revolution, he said.
reports, the Soviet Union gives Cuba $4 million to $5 million a day in aid.
He said the greatest weaknesses he saw in Cuba were a lack of civil liberties and the country's inability to become economically self-sufficient.
He said Cuban citizens could get "into big trouble" if they questioned government policies, such as the alliance with the Soviet Union and sending troops to Angola and Ethiopia.
Besides lack of civil liberties, another weakness Handelman mentioned was the Cuban economic dependence on the Soviet Union.
be members of the Communist party, but could not be anti-Communist.
However, citizens were "encouraged" to complain about inefficiency in local government, Handelman said.
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Handelman will be on campus the rest of the week and will speak to various KU classes about Latin America.
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