Word: alarcon
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...Castro is an introspective man, he keeps his reflections on all this private. Even those who know him well shake their head and say, "Ask Fidel," when questioned about his mood these days. Ricardo Alarcon, president of the National Assembly of People's Power and an intimate of the Comandante's, insists that he is "very happy," but that seemed to refer mainly to his "victory" in the Jan. 11 National Assembly elections, where only one candidate designated by the party could run for each seat...
...Ricardo Alarcon, president of the National Assembly of People's Power, met with TIME correspondents last week in Havana to talk about the Pope's visit, Castro and Cuba. Excerpts: TIME: A lot of Cuban people expect that the Pope's visit will alter U.S. policy toward Cuba. You don't really think that's true...
...Alarcon: No. You should not expect a miracle to come from his visit. That is naive...
...Alarcon: Yes, in terms of the proper role that the church should have in a lay society. I mean in terms of practicing religion, promoting certain values of spirituality, of human kindness, of human solidarity. I think that would be a positive development. But we cannot go back to the time when one particular religion had the dominant role, because that is a way to discriminate against others. The obligation of the state is to guarantee freedom of religion, and that implies dealing with all of them on an equal footing...
...Alarcon: After the disappearance of the socialist world, you had to deal with the real world or move to another planet. While it is true that we have some things in our reality that are not to our liking--the dual economy, the circulation of dollars--that was done out of necessity. But it is something that we should try to eliminate, the sooner the better...