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Discusses the status of the press in Cuba. Supportive role of the newspaper "Avance" during the regime of Cuban Prime Minster Fidel Castro; Popularity of the paper between 1952 and 1958; Freedom and censorship of other paper like "Miami Herald" during the same period.

Before politician Fidel Castro became the hemispheric menace, total U.S. aid to Latin America was running under $500 million a year and Latin American statesmen spent much of their time bewailing the niggardliness of Uncle Sam. It was not that lie didn't have the money, but he was squandering it elsewhere. The complaint has some substance. If consistency is the hobgoblin of little mind; the U.S. correspondents in Moscow, Russia, as well as those who operate in Washington, D.C., must have minds of such power and greatness that they are really wasted in newspaper work. Now is the open season on speculation on what is going on behind the walls of the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, and almost every correspondent has a theory based on information from sources lie dares not name, but which take his word for it, are of the most incontrovertible authority.

Presents several political developments related to the United States. Discussion about invasion of the Soviet airspace by the fighter plane of the U.S.; Reaction of politicians regarding comments of governor Adlai Stevenson regarding aerial espionage by the U.S. plane; Extension of the San Luis bill authorizing a major extension of the Central Valley Reclamation Project in California; Policy of the Democratic Party to highlight the conditions of farmers under the Republican rule in order to return back into the power; Problem for Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro due to the issue of Communism in Cuba and his attitude towards superpowers U.S. and Soviet Union; Problem of segregationists in Birmingham, Alabama, and stand of local newspapers on the issue; Attitude of Denver, Colorado police toward a visiting sports editor from Ghana; Action of the Department of Justice to invoke the Civil Rights Act to open Southern polls to African Americans.

Criticizes the way some journalists have presented information on the political situation in Cuba under the regime of Premier Fidel Castro. State of the nation under the leadership of Fulgencio Batista; Impact that anti-Castro policy of the U.S. had on the relations between the two nations; Confusing political information being published in Cuban newspapers; Exaggerated accounts about Castro's poor health published in American newspapers; Shortcomings in the way public opinion polls were conducted by a journalist to procure information about the correct political situation in Cuba; Support given by a majority of Cuban people and "fidelistas" to Castro; Improvements in living standards in rural Cuba made by the Castro administration; U.S. foreign policy toward the Cuban sugar quota; Increase in the war propaganda and economic reprisals made by Cuba and the U.S.; Steps that the U.S. President needs to take to improve the relations between the two nations.