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Article: VOA NEWS: RAUL CASTRO - MORE THAN JUST CUBAN PRESIDENT'S YOUNGER BROTHER
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 2, 2006
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The Voice of America issued the following story:
By Leta Hong Fincher
Raul Castro is Cuban President Fidel Castro's younger brother and designated successor. Leta Hong Fincher has more on the man who has temporarily taken over as communist Cuba's leader.
Raul Castro is 75 years old and widely seen as loyal, yet lacking his older brother's charisma.
Defense Minister Raul Castro has for decades been Cuba's constitutional successor. He has overseen some of Cuba's most important economic experiments with limited market reforms. Analysts say Raul Castro has also expressed interest in China's model of economic reforms.
But he is known as a staunch defender of Cuba's communist system. He made the ...