The Castro Doctrine Makes Gains

Publication Date: September 1983

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Eileen Scully

Research Area: Government

Keywords: Latin American

Type: Report

Coverage: Cuba

Abstract:

Rather than simply respond to Soviet and Cuban revolutionary initiatives in Latin America, the U.S. can promote democratic processes in the region. But fledgling democratic governments, such as El Salvador, Honduras and Peru, can only survive if the subversive actions of Cuba are decisively met. Given the largely military character of the Cuban-supported revolutionary movements, no simple program of social reform or economic aid can avert the Marxist threat. The broad, expensive program of Cuban intervention in Latin America must be exposed and then met.