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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
While Castro's official exit after nearly 50 years in power held the aura of history, many here viewed it as having few, if any, immediate consequences
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
"ARULING group is a ruling group so long as it can nominate its successors," George Orwell wrote in "1984." "Who wields power is not important, provided that the hierarchical structure remains always the same."
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
Those hoping for a new U.S. policy toward Cuba have waited nearly 50 years for Fidel Castro to step down. But they will have to wait at least one more year, after President Bush leaves office, to see any possibility of change in the hard-line U.S. positio
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
Although it has been widely assumed that Castro's younger brother, Raul Castro, would officially succeed him, there is a chance that the council could move toward a younger generation of leaders
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
Hope that Castro's surprise decision to step aside could pave the way for more freedom in Cuba was tempered by a sense that any change would be slow to come
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
After a 19-month tryout by acting president Raul Castro, Cubans seem ready to focus on what his government will bring once Fidel Castro formally steps down
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
It is expected that his brother Raul, 76, will be officially named president, and some experts consider him more pragmatic
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
Mexico City Attorney General Rodolfo Felix Cardenas on Monday announced that the target of the homemade bomb, which exploded two blocks from police headquarters last Friday, was a police official
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
Raul, 76, has pushed a more pragmatic, even reform-minded agenda that has encouraged limited public debate — and, just as important, worked to undermine hard-line fidelistas like Alarcon
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing, which sent shock waves through the heart of the Mexican capital. But officials on the case have said they are investigating whether it could be the work of drug cartels reeling from a crackdown by Presi