http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/14210/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nightly-news-calls-cuban-defections-setback <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >     Who would have thought a third-world nation held back by the rule of a socialist dictator could be so much fun?</p> <br /> <p >     A report on the May 18 “NBC Nightly News” featured the Cuban National Circus, which lost 11 performers to defections when it toured abroad. Most times defections from authoritarian regimes are viewed as a good thing but NBC characterized them as a “setback.” </p> <p >     </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nightly-news-calls-cuban-defections-setback" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Economy authoritarian castro circus communist Cuba defect defection freedom socialist Mon, 19 May 2008 18:34:08 +0000 admin 26171 at http://archive2.mrc.org