As one of the worlds two superpowers. I think we have the responsibility for establishing and maintaining political and economic freedom in our own hemisphere. In talking to the Cuban refugees. it was apparent that their exodus confirms the basic failure of communism in Cuba. Without exception. they told of economic deprivation. political oppression. and personal suffering under the Castro regime. Despite a subsidy of $8 million a day from the Soviet Union. Cuba is in economic chaos. Cubans are grossly underfed. according to the refugees. Food is strictly rationed and the possession of an extra loaf of bread. or more shoes than the one pair allotted annually. lands one in jail. People are. in fact. being jailed arbitrarily and indiscriminately. Almost every refugee cited examples of harassment. brutality. or degradation at the hands of the Castro Government. All of them were stripped of their possessionsincluding money and jewelrybefore they were permitted to leave Cuba. They arrived in the United States with only their lives and the clothing they were wearing.
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