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Saturday, January 06, 2007

Cuba's Communist regime will outlast Fidel Castro, says niece

Cuba's Communist regime will outlast Fidel Castro, says niece
Saturday, January 6, 2007

LISBON, Portugal (AFP): Cuba's 48-year-old Communist Revolution will
survive long after Fidal Castro's death, the ailing leader's niece
Mariela said in an interview published in Portugal on Thursday.

"I can't imagine in graphic terms what will happen (after Fidel's
death). But I feel a unity, such as that which exists in families that
unite when there are problems," she told Portuguese news weekly Visao.

"I think that in this case the family is already united and we will
support the new leaders of the revolution who will fill the void left by
Fidel," added Mariela, whose father Raul Castro is the current de facto
leader of the country.

"When you see the people's spirit, you know this is going to continue.
With Fidel, with Raul or others, and with other generations, a sovereign
Cuba will continue, a Cuba of socialism," said Mariela, a leading
academic and campaigner for gay and lesbian rights in Cuba.

Fidel Castro, 80, underwent an operation on July 27. He handed over
power temporarily to his brother and defense chief, Raul Castro, 75,
four days later.

The iconic elder Cuban leader, who has been in power since 1959, has not
been seen in public since his reported intestinal surgery. His prolonged
absence from the public eye has fueled speculation that he is terminally
ill.

http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000050/005015.htm

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