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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: No Role for Fidel in Cuba
A Cuban-American lawmaker said Sunday that recently released images of ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro meant little for the island's future.
Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said that Castro, who temporarily ceded power to his brother Raul in July following intestinal surgery, is "certainly around, and we don't think there's going to be a change, whether it's Fidel or Raul or anybody else who's part of the communist infrastructure." "What we want is free elections in Cuba, freedom for political prisoners and a multiparty system," the lawmaker said on CNN's "Late Edition." "There's no role for Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, in that scenario."
Cuba's state-run media published photographs Sunday of Fidel Castro standing and talking on the phone, a day after he appeared in a video to dispel rumors he was on his deathbed.
Story Continues Below The 80-year-old leader had not been seen since mid-September when photographs of him receiving world leaders at a summit in Havana were released.
© 2006 Associated Press.
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