Fidel Castro Gives Talk Implying Support For Raúl's Reform Drive (Morning Roundup)
- Submitted by: manso
- Politics and Government
- 11 / 18 / 2010
Top News: Former Cuban head of state Fidel Castro gave a talk on Wednesday that implied support for his brother Raúl's drive to reform the country's economy.
Fidel Castro reread sections of a speech given five years earlier, in which he criticized government inefficiency and suggested that subsidies needed to be reduced to "only vital and essential things."
"I admit I was surprised by the relevance of the ideas expressed that, five years later, are more timely than they were then," Castro said.
Castro requested a copy of the original six-hour speech and read sections of it at the meeting. Cuban state media have posted his remarks online. He concluded his talk by saying of the speech "today I once again affirm it."
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