Cuba's Castro may soon end mystery over his future
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A year and a half after he last appeared in public, the mystery of ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro's political future could be revealed later this month.
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Fidel Castro says he won't stand in the way of younger people who can lead Cuba, but he also insists on being "of consequence" until the end of his life. So it goes with the ailing 81-year-old Â eager to see others keep up the revolution but reluctant to let go of power.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro tripped and  fractured a knee and an arm in a tumble captured on live  television that raised new questions about the political future  of the communist-run country he has led for 45 years.
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MEXICO CITY, Feb. 19 -- RaÃÂ¿l Castro has long operated in the backstage of Cuban politics. But his public record, which has emerged over his 19 months as interim president, suggests he might pursue reforms to allow more political and economic latitude on the island.
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Acting President Raul Castro is giving Cubans and the world a preview of how he may lead if his brother Fidel does not return to power: efficiently and with little fanfare.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro's long absence from public view has fueled wild rumors among his exiled opponents in Miami in recent weeks that he is dead, even one that Russian embalmers were at work preserving his body.
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A silence has settled over Cuban political life that ordinary Cubans find at once disconcerting and a big relief.
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Government posters say "Fidel Castro for ever" and "80 years more," but Cubans now doubt their bearded leader will again govern their country.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ As Fidel Castro recovers from major surgery, many Cuban-Americans are praying for him.    To die.    "I'm hoping this man dies, and I've never had that feeling for anyone," said Silvia Garcia of Wellington, Fla., 48, who fled Cuba as a child.
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HAVANA Cuban President Fidel Castro is recovering from surgery but leaving no question about his ability to govern. The 78-year-old Cuban leader fell Wednesday after a speech.
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Looking alert in his first video aired in three months, Cuban leader Fidel Castro responded to rumors of his death with a simple answer: "Well, here I am."
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Ra&#250;l Castro's public record, which has emerged during his interim presidency, suggests he would allow more political, economic latitude in Cuba.
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It was certainly a marriage of convenience. After Fidel Castro led a revolution that toppled a friendly government in 1959, the CIA was desperate to eliminate him. So the agency sought out a partner equally worried about Castro -- the Mafia, which had lucrative investments in Cuban casinos.
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Visiting U.S. lawmakers were told by Cuban officials that the ailing Fidel Castro is not terminally ill and will return to public life, but some of the legislators said they saw in the assurances of Castro's health a growing political vacuum on the Communist island.
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The United States has big plans for Cuba once Fidel Castro is gone for good.
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HAVANA, Dec. 1 -- Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro was not well enough to attend the closing ceremony Friday for his 80th birthday, but Cuba's vice president said he was getting better and would continue leading the communist island.
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A senior Cuban official said on Tuesday that Fidel Castro is recovering "very well" but gave no indication when, or if, Cuba's ailing leader might return to public life.