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#FidelCastro #Cuba #USA #IceCream When authoritarian leaders obsess over a particular food, it can change how a country eats and drinks for generations. This week, we’re looking at five cases of dictator food projects and what they reveal about the power of food. Previously: how Nazi Germany sought whales  to turn into margarine  and the oddly  autocratic roots of pad Thai . IN THE 1960S, FIDEL CASTRO  faced many challenges by becoming an ideological enemy of the United States. One was being seen as the tip of the Soviet spear, a menace to democracy just 90 miles off the coast of Florida. Another was that America maintained the Guantanamo Bay military base, which was capable of sheltering 50 warships, on the southeastern tip of Cuba. But arguably the most vexing issue for Castro, especially on a sweltering summer day in Havana, was the United States cutting off Cuba’s dairy supply. That was a problem, because Casto was obsessed with ice cream. When he w...

A protest in Baghdad on Wednesday against the Iranian missile strikes.Credit...Khalid Mohammed/Associated Press #USA #Iran #Trump #Tehran #AmericanTroops U.S. and Iraqi officials said there were no deaths from the attacks on bases housing American troops. But Iranian news outlets claimed differently, with some reporting dozens killed. Right Now President Trump is set to deliver a speech from the White House. President Trump prepares to address the nation. President Trump  plans to speak at 11 a.m.  from the White House, where he is expected to discuss the confrontation with Iran, after Tehran launched airstrikes on two bases housing American troops in Iraq. Those attacks were a response to  an American drone strike on Friday in Baghdad that killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani , commander of Iran’s elite security and intelligence forces. No American troops were reported killed in the attacks on Wednesday. Mr. Trump’s televised statement on We...