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...failure of its economy forces Cuba to reinvent itself, Fidel Castro has stayed largely in the background, leaving it to other officials to explain and defend the changes sweeping his country. But two weeks ago, he invited a delegation from TIME to dinner for a rare three-hour conversation that gave him an opportunity to define the compromises he is making: to expound, argue, and marshal the evidence in support of a reform process some Cubans fear is changing Cuba too much and others charge is not changing the country nearly enough...
...Castro: The strange thing about this hatred is that it does not come from us. We have never hated the U.S. Thousands of Americans who have come to Cuba have had the opportunity of seeing that there is no hostile feeling against them. In no place in Latin America are Americans treated with more respect than in Cuba. I do not think either that there is any hatred on the part of U.S. citizens toward us. I recall that when I went to New York in 1960, some people booed me. But that came, to a very large extent, from...
...little neighbors to the north should not fear. I am not planning to be in office at that age." FIDEL CASTRO, Cuban President, noting that more Cubans are living to be 100 years old, thanks to his country's social-welfare system. Playfully needling the U.S., Castro-who turns 80 next week-suggested he would step down before he reaches that milestone...
...FIDEL CASTRO, Cuban President, noting that more Cubans are living to be 100 years old, thanks to his country's social-welfare system. Playfully needling the U.S., Castro--who turns 80 next week and has ruled for 47 years--suggested he will step down before he reaches that milestone...
FIDEL AND RAUL CASTRO Talk about a brotherly bond: after being imprisoned and exiled together, they led Cuba's revolution. In 1959, Fidel rewarded his loyal little bro, naming him Defense Minister...