Word: fidelity
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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...
...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...
...Pope's visit. Zapatero's admirers will see it as a sign that the atheist leader is no hypocrite. But on the flight from Rome, when papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls was asked about the absence, he pointed out that on John Paul's visits, even Communist leaders Fidel Castro and Daniel Ortega attended Catholic masses out of respect for the Pope. Not necessarily a knockout, but a glancing blow for sure...