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Article: Cuba's Castro keeps on ticking.(A)(World)(Briefing/The Americas)(News Analysis)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 29, 2002
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Byline: Georgie Anne Geyer
Several years ago, a major defector from Cuba called me when he got to the United States. Since I had written a biography of Cuban President Fidel Castro, calls from exiles and escapees from that closed and deceptive land had reached me many times - and I am always glad to get new information.
At one point, I asked him, fully realizing that my book had been a critical one: "Do you have any idea how Fidel liked my book?"
"Oh, yes," he answered quickly, "there are stories that go around. But in particular, he really didn't like the picture of him without a shirt."
I thought back to the picture - an entirely ...