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Ailing Castro gives power to brother
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| Contributor | Ex-New Jerseyan |
| Last Edited | Ex-New Jerseyan Jul 31, 2006 09:14pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Tuesday, August 1, 2006 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | HAVANA - Fidel Castro temporarily relinquished his presidential powers to his brother Raul on Monday night and told Cubans in a statement that he had undergone surgery.
The Cuban leader said he had suffered intestinal bleeding, apparently due to stress from recent public appearances in Argentina and Cuba, according to the letter read live on television by his secretary, Carlos Valenciaga.
Castro said that extreme stress "had provoked in me a sharp intestinal crisis with sustained bleeding that obligated me to undergo a complicated surgical procedure."
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