CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXPECTS FIDEL’S RETURN
Felipe Perez Roque, Cuba’s foreign minister, said he expects Fidel Castro to be fully back at the helm by early December. Asked whether he expected Fidel to be back in power for the postponed celebration of his 80th birthday on Dec. 2, Perez Roque said Fidel‘s health is improving, “and I have no questions in my mind that we will be able to celebrate his birthday in December as he deserves.” “I have no doubts that his recovery is coming along quite well, and that Fidel will be able to fully devote his time to his duties without any impediments whatsoever,” he said. He also touted the success of the recent summit of the Nonaligned Movement in Havana, where 117 countries pledged to work together to defend international law, oppose pre-emptive military action, and counter U.S. efforts “to impose its designs on the rest” of the world. “When Fidel goes back to fully resume his duties, Raul will continue to be the second man in charge in leading the state, the government and the party,” he said. “We stand ready to move forward, but we‘re not begging to do so as a favor, and we can spend another 1,000 years the same way we are right now,” he said. “We have proved that you can live perfectly well without depending on the United States. Source: AP
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