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communism

[kom-yuh-niz-uhm] / ˈkɒm yəˌnɪz əm /


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The author emphasizes that by the 1950s, approximately 90% of Cuba’s mines were owned by U.S. companies, demonstrating a longstanding pattern of American economic domination that predated the rise of Fidel Castro and communism.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Following the fall of communism, the country was quick to develop a dynamic private sector, as well as highly-diversified manufacturing and export sectors, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Motivations included fighting communism and protecting U.S. business interests.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2026

Of this lineup of serial offenders, Sartre and Merleau-Ponty had prior convictions, mostly for communism, and only Barthes had a sense of humor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

It doesn’t even have to be an important or hard word, like amnesty or communism, but something easy, like salt or butter or sky or star.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez




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