Castro still has say on govt decisions
Afp, Havana
Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said yesterday he was still consulted on "every important" government move but did not reveal when he might return to the helm a year after handing over to his brother.In a statement published a year after he officially ceded power to his brother Raul, the defense minister, Fidel Castro portrayed himself as still very much involved in the affairs of state. "Raul himself has been entrusted with making sure that every important decision, during the period that I have been recovering, was decided after consulting with me," he said in a statement appearing in the newspapers Granma and Juventud Rebelde. "What am I going to do? I will fight ceaselessly as I have done all my life," he said. Castro handed over to his brother four days after undergoing a gastro-intestinal operation last year, and he has only appeared in photographs and videos since.
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