Different Castro, same anti-US wrath at NAM summit in Cuba
(AFP)
16 September 2006
HAVANA - With Fidel Castro recovering from surgery in seclusion, Cuba's
acting leader Raul Castro stepped out of his bearded brother's long
shadow here and strode the world stage.
"All of us would have liked for this welcome to come from President
Fidel Castro," Raul Castro told heads of state and government Friday at
the Non-Aligned Movement summit of 118 developing countries, of the
iconic revolutionary.
Taking a high-profile international role for the first time since being
handed Cuba's helm July 31 after his brother Fidel, 80, underwent
surgery, Raul Castro, 75, said that "as (Fidel) makes a slow and
satisfactory recovery ... he has followed every detail of preparations
for this important gathering.
Then, General Raul Castro made it clear who was leading Cuba's charge.
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