Cuba's Alarcon says unsure on Castro's re-election
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Cuban National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon said on Thursday it was impossible to say whether convalescing Fidel Castro would be in a condition to be re-elected next year as leader of the Communist island.
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If he does appear, Cuban authorities will likely celebrate it as a major victory over the leader's enemies. A no-show will likely set off a new round of speculation about his health
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Cuba's aging armaments will roll through Havana on Saturday in the country's first military parade in a decade, but still unknown is whether ailing, elderly commander in chief Fidel Castro will show up to watch.
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Cubans opened an election cycle Sunday that will lead to a decision next year on whether ailing leader Fidel Castro will remain atop the communist-run island's supreme governing body
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Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar on Friday called for the release of dozens of inmates in Cuba, charging they're political prisoners held "simply because they have a different opinion from the official line."
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro gave his first television interview in more than three months on Friday following speculation in recent weeks that he might be on his death bed.
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Fidel Castro says he may have broken bones, but still &#39;in one piece&#39; after fall Eds: Retransmits to ADD photo numbers. AP Photos LON802-806.
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Fidel Castro's absence from his belated 80th birthday celebration has reinforced suspicions he is too gravely ill to return to power he ceded provisionally to brother Raul last summer.
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The Cuban government does not believe there will be changes in Washington&#39;s policy against the island country, regardless whoever wins the presidential election in the United States next week, local press said Saturday.
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Fidel Castro said Wednesday he is not yet healthy enough to address Cuba's people in person and can't campaign for Sunday's parliamentary elections.
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MEXICO CITY, Dec. 17 -- Fidel Castro, whose poor health and mysterious 17-month departure from public life have thrown the future of communist Cuba into doubt, suggested Monday that he may not return to power, according to a wire report.
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HAVANA -- Fidel Castro failed to attend a military parade yesterday marking the 50th anniversary of the date he and his rebels launched their revolution, fueling speculation that the ailing Cuban leader may not return to power.
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Fidel Castro&#039;s brother said the Communist Party will remain in control of Cuba if there is a leadership change, according to comments published Thursday.
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The Bush administration proposed Friday that Cubans hold a referendum to decide if they want to be ruled by Raul Castro, who is acting leader of the communist nation while brother Fidel recovers from surgery.
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HAVANA, Oct. 22 -- Cuban officials said Monday there was a large voter turnout in municipal elections that started a process leading to next year's decision on whether to keep Fidel Castro atop the communist-run island's supreme governing body.
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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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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.