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Article: Castro's fall raises questions
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- October 22, 2004
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HAVANA -- Cuban President Fidel Castro's advancing age -- and
ultimately his mortality -- were brought home Thursday after he
fractured a knee and arm when he tripped and fell at a public event.
In a communist society where the 78-year-old leader has played a
larger-than-life role for more than four decades, the tumble was the
latest reminder that Cuba's commander in chief is an aging man who
will not live forever -- with an elderly brother as his designated
successor.
"I'm all in one piece," Castro declared on state television
Wednesday night after tripping on a concrete step while returning to
his seat after an hour-long speech in the central city of Santa