From the Archives, 1960: Four days with Castro's 'chickens'

Sixty years ago, the United States imposed a near-total trade embargo against Cuba. In the chaotic weeks that followed, ex-Herald reporter Max McCrohon visited the tiny Caribbean country and filed this report.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/central-america/from-the-archives-1960-four-days-with-castro-s-chickens-20201013-p564t2.html

In this March 5, 1960 file photo, Cuban leaders walk arm-in-arm at the head of the funeral procession for the victims of the La Coubre explosion, blamed by the Cuban government on a US bomb attack on the Cuban ship La Coubre in the harbour of Havana.

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From the Archives, 1960: Four days with Castro's 'chickens'

Sixty years ago, the United States imposed a near-total trade embargo against Cuba. In the chaotic weeks that followed, ex-Herald reporter Max McCrohon visited the tiny Caribbean country and filed this report.

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