Cuba’s Fidel Castro is looking beyond his brother Raul to a younger generation of leadership for the Marxist state, after signalling for the first time his readiness to relinquish power. The Cuban leader, in a letter read on state television, strongly suggested that he may never come back to public life, confirming what many have suspected for months. Experts say the bombshell statement is notable for Mr Castro’s conspicuous failure to signal that his...
By CARMEN GENTILE UPI Energy Correspondent MIAMI, Dec. 19 (UPI) — A Soviet-era oil refinery in Cuba is getting back online with the help of the communist island’s close regional ally and petroleum benefactor, Venezuela. Later this week Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is scheduled to arrive in Cuba for the grand reopening of the Camilo Cienfuegos refinery, a relic of the former Soviet Union’s sway over Cuba until its demise in the late 1980s....
By Agencies Fidel Castro has suggested he may formally give up his leadership posts. It is the first time the Cuban leader, who has not been seen in public for 16 months, has spoken of his possible retirement. Castro had surgery in July 2006 and is 81-years old. In a letter read out on Cuban television on Monday, Castro wrote: “My elemental duty is not to cling to positions, or even less to obstruct...
