Word: raãºl
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Dolly Mascareñas' article "The Raúl I Know" [Aug. 14], about Raúl Castro, read like a fluff piece on a movie star. The Castro brothers have murdered, lied and driven their country into economic despair. It's time to call a spade a spade. Michael J. Pendall Albany...
...have never been so outraged as when I read this profile. I am a child of a Cuban emigrant whose life was destroyed by the revolution. Another family member was tortured under orders from Raúl for protesting the actions of the Communist Party for 10 years. Mascareñas should have spoken with people who have experienced the actions of Fidel and Raúl; she needs to get the whole picture...
...Raúl has been married to Espín, a chemical engineer who studied briefly at M.I.T., for more than 45 years. His eldest daughter Débora has Espín's nom de guerre. The couple has two other daughters and a son. Raúl talks about his eight grandchildren with great pride. He has lived in the same modest house in Havana for as long as anybody can remember. His nephews and nieces go to him for advice...
Only in recent years have I begun to see the two brothers together at public events, as the younger Castro has become more visible. Raúl has played a major role in recent government battles--for instance, to get Elián González back from the U.S. in 2000 and to win the release of five Cubans convicted of spying in America the following year. When Elián was returned, however, it was Fidel who took center stage...
...Raúl seems comfortable with who he is. He does not appear to crave attention. One does have to wonder, a little, though, about the effects of living for four decades so close to a brother whose name doesn't even have to be invoked for people to know whom you're talking about; Cubans will just make the gesture of stroking a beard to refer to Fidel. Among the many photographs at the family house in Birán is one of a young boy in a cart. The official caption says the picture is of Fidel. On the print itself...