A Profile of Cuba's Fidel Castro
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HAVANA The head of communist Cuba's powerful labor union called for more efficiency and harder work in the face of rising world fuel and food prices as hundreds of thousands of workers joined the traditional May Day march on Thursday. (article 2)
The secretary-general of the Cuban Workers Confederation , Salvador Valdes Mesa, also exhorted workers massed in Havana's broad Revolution Plaza to adhere to the principles of ailing ex-president Fidel Castro (article 2)
HAVANA - Cuba's crucial tourism industry appears to be recovering from a two-year slump, with a 15 percent increase in visitors during the first quarter of the year. (article 1)
The number of international visitors topped the 1 million mark on Monday, 22 days faster than last year, state-controlled Cuban news media reported. (article 1)
Led by President Bush, a chorus of officials expressed hope that Castro's departure would spark fundamental changes for the Cuban people. (article 4)
Their expectations, already raised by Raul Castro's talk of "structural changes" and "big decisions" to come, couldn't be higher. (article 6)
"Socialism or death" was Castro's rallying cry long after his beard turned gray, the Soviet Union broke up and communism toppled across eastern Europe. (article 5)
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Castro, Cuba, Raul, Fidel, Cubans |
Source articles
- Cuba says foreign tourism up 15 percent in start of 2008 (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 04/30/2008, 191 words)
- Cuba labor leader calls for more efficiency, harder work (L.A. Times, 05/01/2008, 487 words)
- Huge rally in Cuba marks May Day (BBC News, 05/01/2008, 354 words)
- US Rules Out Quick Cuba Policy Change (sfgate.com, 04/30/2008, 1064 words)
- A Profile of Cuba's Fidel Castro (sfgate.com, 04/30/2008, 1170 words)
- Cubans Hope Raul Castro Brings Reform (sfgate.com, 04/30/2008, 912 words)
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