Fidel Castro will return as leader of Cuba, minister tells Cubans
The Associated Press
Published: October 4, 2006
HAVANA Cuba's foreign minister said Fidel Castro will return to his post
as maximum leader of the island, though he did not say when, state-run
media reported Wednesday.
"We will again have him leading the revolution," Foreign Minister Felipe
Perez Roque said of the ailing Fidel Castro at an outdoor event Tuesday
to discuss the ill effects of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba,
according to the Communist Party daily newspaper Granma.
The 80-year-old Castro temporarily ceded power to younger brother Raul
Castro on July 31, saying he needed time to recover from intestinal surgery.
Perez Roque told The Associated Press in New York last month that he
expected the Cuban leader to be fully back at the helm by early December.
But Tuesday's event, which launched Perez Roque's anti-embargo campaign
ahead of a Nov. 8 vote on the policy at the United Nations, marked the
first time a high-ranking official made similar comments directly to
Cubans. He did not say at the event when the leader would return,
according to Granma.
HAVANA Cuba's foreign minister said Fidel Castro will return to his post
as maximum leader of the island, though he did not say when, state-run
media reported Wednesday.
"We will again have him leading the revolution," Foreign Minister Felipe
Perez Roque said of the ailing Fidel Castro at an outdoor event Tuesday
to discuss the ill effects of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba,
according to the Communist Party daily newspaper Granma.
The 80-year-old Castro temporarily ceded power to younger brother Raul
Castro on July 31, saying he needed time to recover from intestinal surgery.
Perez Roque told The Associated Press in New York last month that he
expected the Cuban leader to be fully back at the helm by early December.
But Tuesday's event, which launched Perez Roque's anti-embargo campaign
ahead of a Nov. 8 vote on the policy at the United Nations, marked the
first time a high-ranking official made similar comments directly to
Cubans. He did not say at the event when the leader would return,
according to Granma.
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