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Article: Raul Castro Urges Students to Debate 'Fearlessly' [Correction 1/3/ 07]
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- The Washington Post
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- December 22, 2006
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Raul Castro has set a surprising new tone for Cuban politics,
telling university students in Havana that they should debate
"fearlessly" and bring their concerns directly to him.
Castro's remarks, published Thursday by the Communist Party
newspaper, Granma, are the clearest indication yet of how he might
reshape Cuba after the death of his ailing brother, Fidel Castro.
Raul Castro told the students that his brother is "irreplaceable."
"Fidel cannot be replaced unless all of us replace him together,
each in his or her own place, carrying out his or her concrete
task," Raul Castro was quoted as saying. "Only the Communist Party
of Cuba can replace Fidel."
Raul Castro, who is Cuba's defense ...