Cuba's newly elected National Assembly has chosen acting President
- added May 7, 2008
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As a young man, Raul became a dedicated communist long before his brother.
He has none of 81-year-old Fidel's charisma but is considered much more of a pragmatist, a good organiser who knows how to get things done.
He will have to steer this communist island in the Caribbean through unchartered waters in an unpredictable period of economic and political renewal.
Driving force
The most notable thing about the day the "commander in chief" announced he was finally to retire was just how subdued everyone was.
The charismatic Fidel Castro had been the driving force here for almost 50 years.
The majority of Cubans were born after the 1959 revolution and have known no other system or leader.
The only real indications of just how historic a moment this was were the long queues of people lining up at the newspaper stands.
He has none of 81-year-old Fidel's charisma but is considered much more of a pragmatist, a good organiser who knows how to get things done.
He will have to steer this communist island in the Caribbean through unchartered waters in an unpredictable period of economic and political renewal.
Driving force
The most notable thing about the day the "commander in chief" announced he was finally to retire was just how subdued everyone was.
The charismatic Fidel Castro had been the driving force here for almost 50 years.
The majority of Cubans were born after the 1959 revolution and have known no other system or leader.
The only real indications of just how historic a moment this was were the long queues of people lining up at the newspaper stands.
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Perhaps he wasn't so bad to them and they know it - or they'd been in the streets. They weren't in the streets were they?
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- VoyagerFilms
- 2 months ago
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may be should invite the new guy over for a beer and bbq
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- arizonamike
- 2 months ago
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NO arizonamik is real man.
Cuba's ailing leader Fidel Castro has announced he will not accept another term as president, ending the communist revolutionary's 49 years in power. -
"[Fidel Castro] spoke of 'structural and conceptual' changes to come, raising expectations that economic reforms are on the way."
It will be interesting to see what changes they actually will make regarding their economic structure.-
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- Egnatius212
- 1 month ago
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