Alternative Views #240: MANIPULATING AMERICA: THE RUSSIAN TROOPS IN CUBA -- REVISITED (1979)

240. MANIPULATING AMERICA: THE RUSSIAN TROOPS IN CUBA -- REVISITED

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 Stockwell, as we analyzed the
network coverage of the situation.

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