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Article: Fidel Castro Seeks to Block Reforms
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- June 14, 2002
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HAVANA (AP) _ Fidel Castro announced a petition campaign Thursday
on a constitutional change that would declare the socialist system
as "untouchable," defying calls at home and abroad for democratic
reforms.
Beginning Saturday, Cubans will be able to sign petitions over a four-
day period in support of Cuba's economic, political and social systems,
Castro said during a live appearance on state television.
More than 120,000 petition stations will be set up around the island,
said Castro, who established the country's socialist system in 1961,
two years after he came to power with the triumph of the 1959 revolution.
The constitutional amendment ...