The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 11, 1968, Page Page Four, Image 4
Former
Recalls
BY KITrY McCASKULL
Staff Writer
An ex-member of Fidel Castro's
government, a man w h o s e life
reached the point of danger as he
disagreed more and m o r e with
Cuba's turn toward Communism,
has for four years now been a
political science p r o f e s s o r at
Carolina.
Dr. Nestor Moreno is a native
Cuban who attended the Univer
sity of Havana, getting a degree in
law and political science. He also
taught at a university in Havana.
In an interview he was asked
to look back over 10 years at the
events leading up to Cuba's revo
lution and Communist turn-over.
Dr. Moreno called the government
of Fulgencio Batista, the military
dictator against whom Castro re
volted, "a sort of tyranny. We were
trying to get rid of a tyrant. The
people had very little say so, and
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do about it." lie said that people
either participated actively against
Batista or they participated by in
action.
When asked what were his feel
ings during the 1956-59 period in
which the bearded leader Castro
led his guerrilla warfare against
Batista, Dr. Moreno replied, "I
was pro-revolution rather than pro
Castro. I felt for different reasons
a need to get rid of Batista. Most
people aspirei to a democratic re
gime. We wanted the basic demo
cratic institutions as in the United
States although not necessarily a
copy."9
After Castro's take-over on Jan.
1, 1959, Dr. Moreno decided to re
main in his native Cuba and did
stay until after the Bay of Pigs
on April 17, 1961. He became a
member of Castro's government
serving as un(er-secretary of pub
lic works and as secretary of the
bank for social security.
Discussing the change to Cot
snunism, he said, "Today it ap
pears to be a radical one. Now it
looks as if it had takent place all
at ontce-it did not. It was slowly
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developed. In 1959 and 19 6 0,
there was an increase of authori
tarianism. The government tried
to hold everything. We saw the
possibility of the government lead
big toward a Communist regime."
"I was dissatisfied at the end of
1959. 1 think many people felt
the necessity to stop the turn to.
ward Communism."
The government realized this
dissatisfaction. After the Bay of
Pigs, the unsuccessful invasion of
Cuba, he was tried "in absentee
ism" meaning he was not present
at his trial. During this time he
was still a free man.
Dr. Moreno c a l m l y reported,
"They decided I should die."
Thus five (lays after the Bay of
Pigs he took refuge in the Vene
zualian Embassy. There he was
safe; he had already sent his sons
to America. For six months he
waited until finally the government
gave him a safe conduct to the
United States. From 1961 to 1964
he remained in Miami and then
moved to Columbia.
Today in Cuba he has an aunt
and uncle and some cousins. lie
can correspond with them although
letters take about three months
to be delivered. Ile said the Cuban
goverivnment samples about I per
cent of the mail.
As Dr. Moreno talked, he puffed
on a cigar which he said was un
fortunately not from Havana.
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and Literatures has the most new
faces. The School of Education haq
10 and the College of Business
Administration eight.
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Dean Albert T. Scroggins of th
School of Journalism was elected
recently to the executive committee
of t h e American Association of
Schools and Departments of Jour
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School of Education retired Aug.
31 after serving on the faculty for
44 years.
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a plaque by USC's c h a p t e r of
Kappa Delta Epsilon and was hon
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School of Education freulty.
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I)r. Archer 3ones, associate dean
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Dr. Ralph H. Tindall of the USC
history department addressed the
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