ADVISORY/Castro Admits Spying in U.S.ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 1998-- TOPIC: Fidel Castro Noun 1. Fidel Castro - Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927) Castro, Fidel Castro Ruz has admitted to sending Cubans to the U.S. to spy on anti-Castro political groups. The statement came during a television interview to be aired on Tuesday. Castro denies that he attempted to gain U.S. military information. The State Department had no comment as of Monday night. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Robin W. Winks is a professor of history at Yale University Yale University, at New Haven, Conn.; coeducational. Chartered as a collegiate school for men in 1701 largely as a result of the efforts of James Pierpont, it opened at Killingworth (now Clinton) in 1702, moved (1707) to Saybrook (now Old Saybrook), and in 1716 was and focuses on espionage espionage (ĕs`pēənäzh'), the act of obtaining information clandestinely. The term applies particularly to the act of collecting military, industrial, and political data about one nation for the benefit of another. and intelligence. Juan M. del Aguila is a professor of political science at Emory University Emory University (ĕm`ərē), near Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; United Methodist; chartered as Emory College 1836, opened 1837 at Oxford. It became Emory Univ. in 1915 and in 1919 moved to Atlanta. and concentrates on Latin American politics and Cuba. Marifeli Perez-Stable is a professor of political science at SUNY-Old Westbury and focuses on Cuba and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . -0- ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. Journalists seeking to interview any of these experts can obtain contact information by visiting the ExpertSource website: http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. ExpertSource, a collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at the above web address. Business Wire's Virtual Press Club provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com) for more information. |
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