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In Cuba, Question Keeps Popping Up: Where's Raúl Castro?
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Aug 02, 2006 09:14pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Friday, August 4, 2006 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By César González-Calero and Manuel Roig-Franzia
Special to The Washington Post
Thursday, August 3, 2006; Page A16
HAVANA, Aug. 2 -- In this island capital's long bus-stop lines and open markets, its offices and restaurants, the question keeps popping up: Where's Raúl?
Raúl Castro has yet to appear in public since being named temporary president of Cuba late Monday. His absence is adding a layer of intrigue to the speculation-heavy ambience that has settled over this city. It was two days ago that the Cuban government announced that Fidel Castro -- who is recovering from intestinal surgery -- would relinquish his 47-year hold on power to his younger brother.
"I think Raúl should have appeared by now, more than anything to calm the public and to show the world that everything is under control," said Joel, a taxi driver, who did not want to divulge his last name for fear of government reprisals.
Cuba's government has not made an official proclamation about Fidel Castro's health since late Tuesday evening, even as Cuban exiles and some U.S. officials have questioned whether the Cuban leader, whose 80th birthday is this month, has already died. The closest to an official statement was delivered in an unlikely forum on Wednesday when Ricardo Alarcón, the Cuban National Assembly president, told NPR's "All Thing Considered" that Fidel Castro would not return to power for "some weeks." |
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