CARTER VISIT.Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, accompanied by his wife Rosalynn, visited Cuba from May 12-17. It was the first trip to Cuba by a U.S. President (current or former) since Calvin Coolidge came in 1928. True to form, Mr. Carter took an independent stance. On the one hand, he cast doubt upon allegations by the U.S. State A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and Dept. that Cuba is involved in the production and export of biological warfare biological warfare, employment in war of microorganisms to injure or destroy people, animals, or crops; also called germ or bacteriological warfare. Limited attempts have been made in the past to spread disease among the enemy; e.g. and he praised Cuba's achievement in education and health care. On the other hand, he met with political dissidents Political dissidents are people severely persecuted by governments or other organizations for political reasons. They are not necessarily the only or most important dissidents, but they become famous or semi-famous often through the stories told by themselves or by others. , and-speaking Spanish in a live broadcast to the entire nation-made clear his support for participatory democracy Participatory democracy is a process emphasizing the broad participation (decision making) of constituents in the direction and operation of political systems. While etymological roots imply that any democracy would rely on the participation of its citizens (the Greek demos . In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , U.S. President Bush was expected to deliver what was billed as a tough speech, supporting a continued hard line by Washington towards Cuba. Note: Mr. Carter's visit extends beyond our press deadline of May 15; we will examine in depth the fall-out of his visit in our next issue. *** Copyright 2002 |
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