Article: Fidel Castro emphasizes he remains in control after breaking knee and arm in fall

ANITA SNOW, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
10-22-2004
Dateline: HAVANA
Demonstrating he retains firm control over Cuba after fracturing his knee and arm in an accidental fall at a public event, President Fidel Castro told of conducting government business by cellular phone during an ambulance ride and later refusing general anesthesia.

"I have not stopped attending to the tasks that I am responsible for, in coordination with the other comrades," the 78-year-old Castro wrote in a lengthy note read Thursday night on state television.

Castro said he underwent a 3 hour, 15 minute operation to repair his left knee, which was broken in eight pieces, and the immobilization of his right upper ...

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