Cuban leaders: Castro's ideals live on
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Communist leaders called Tuesday for the revolutionary ideals of ailing leader Fidel Castro to live on as they marked the 50th anniversary of a failed attempt to assassinate dictator Fulgencio Batista.
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SANTIAGO/HAVANA  - Fighting serious illnesses in their old age, Cold War icons Fidel Castro of Cuba and Augusto Pinochet of Chile are united in stubborn adherence to their opposing and now largely unfashionable ideologies.
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Bernardo Viera Trejo still remembers the sweltering summer day in 1955 when he and his then-friend Fidel Castro met up shortly after the would-be revolutionary's release from prison.
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Cuba vowed to defy U.S. efforts for economic and political change on the island in a front-page editorial Thursday in the Communist Party's newspaper that also referred to dissidents as "mercenaries" and "counterrevolutionary puppies."
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Cubans ratified a slate of parliamentary candidates on Sunday including Fidel Castro, the ailing 81-year-old leader who has not been seen in public for nearly 18 months.
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Acting president Raul Castro is the "guardian" of Cuba's communist government in the absence of his brother Fidel Castro and in the face of U.S. threats, a hard-line member of the Cuban leadership said on Thursday.
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Fidel Castro telephoned a meeting of provincial legislative leaders, the Communist Party daily said Saturday in a report apparently aimed at quelling rumors about the ailing Cuban leader's health.
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President Hugo Ch&#xE1;vez said yesterday that Fidel Castro is battling a "very serious illness" but is not dying of cancer. He said he spoke with the Cuban leader , that he is eating cautiously and is well enough to joke. "I'm very well informed," Ch&#xE1;vez said. The Cuban government insists Castro, 80, is recovering after intestinal surgery. ...
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Many said they expected Cubaâs communist system to stay unchanged under Mr. Castroâs brother RaÃºl.
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The Bush administration remains hopeful that the death of Fidel Castro will unleash grassroots pressure among Cubans for democratic change &#151; but many analysts see little threat to the regime under the thus-far seamless succession of brother Raul.
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro,   looking well along the road to recovery, was shown on   television on Friday meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo   Chavez and brother Raul Castro, to whom he temporarily ceded   power a month ago to undergo intestinal surgery.
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Whether or not ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro reappears in public this week at his 80th birthday celebration, a successor government led with stealth by his brother Raul appears to be firmly in place.
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Despite pressure from members of Congress and business groups, the United States has no plans to soften its policies toward Cuba as the island heads into the post-Fidel Castro era, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez says.
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Cuba's ailing leader, Fidel Castro, says he does not want to 'cling' to power
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In a statement read by the state television anchor, the Cuban president says he 'will not block the path of younger people'
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A statement signed by Fidel Castro sought to reassure Cubans Wednesday that the 80-year-old Cuban leader is recovering well from several operations
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HAVANA Nov 1, 2004 - Fidel Castro is healing nicely after shattering a kneecap and breaking an arm in an accidental fall, his older brother Ramon said Monday, adding that their family has always enjoyed good health and longevity.