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The SWP were wise to Sheridan but used his break with McCombes opportunistically for their own factional ends. This is the same SWP that went on to split with George Galloway’s Respect party in 2007, before splitting itself last year. Tommy Sheridan,...
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As Cuba thaws and papal visit nears, Cuba's highest prelate walks fine line and gains stature
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
It had excised the last references to atheism from its laws and regulations, and removed prohibitions on worship by party members. Following Pope John Paul II's historic 1998 tour, which Ortega helped organize, Fidel Castro declared Christmas a...
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Fidel Castro Diaz Balart, son of Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro, attends the the inauguration of the International Book Fair in Havana February 9, 2012. View Photo »
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Fidel Castro and Garcia Marquez founded the school in the countryside, thinking it would be better for students to outside Havana, a very interesting city that could take all the focus away from their studies
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It had excised the last references to atheism from its laws and regulations, and removed prohibitions on worship by party members. Following Pope John Paul II's historic 1998 tour, which Ortega helped organize, Fidel Castro declared Christmas a...
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It had excised the last references to atheism from its laws and regulations, and removed prohibitions on worship by party members. Following Pope John Paul II's historic 1998 tour, which Ortega helped organize, Fidel Castro declared Christmas a...
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As Cuba thaws and papal visit nears, Cuba's highest prelate walks fine line and gains stature
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Before 1959, by comparison, there were 700 priests for a population of 6 million. For many years, Ortega rarely spoke out against the government or opined on policy. He has confided privately to diplomats and others about his tumultuous relationship...
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The son of Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, center, attends the opening ceremony of the 21st annual International Book Fair in Havana, Cuba, Thursday Feb. 9, 2012. He is framed by Cuba's Vice President Esteban Lazo, left, and... View Photo »
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I guess we can take some comfort that Fidel Castro is at 5 percent
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He returned to Cuba and was ordained in 1964. At the time, many priests were expelled from the country or became marked men. Communist party members were banned from worship and churches were left to decay. Catholic hospitals and schools, including the...
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It had excised the last references to atheism from its laws and regulations, and removed prohibitions on worship by party members. Following Pope John Paul II's historic 1998 tour, which Ortega helped organize, Fidel Castro declared Christmas a...
About Fidel Castro
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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president, premier until his resignation from the office in February 2008. Full Article
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A Cuban wipes the floor in a room decorated with a portrait of President Fidel Castro at a school in Havana on February 21, 2008. Interim president Raul Castro looked well placed to ascend to Cuba's helm indefinitely at Sunday's National Assembly meeting, after his ailing brother Fidel...
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A Cuban woman gives a phone call next to a grafitti referred to Cuban President Fidel Castro on February 19, 2008 in Havana. Castro resigned Tuesday as president and commander in chief of Cuba in a message published in the online version of the official daily Granma.
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A 'yoruba' (a West African religion) altar shows a photograph of former Cuban president Fidel Castro in Havana, on February 21, 2008. The momentous announcement by Fidel Castro that he is giving up his half-century grip on power has left Cubans and the rest of the world waiting to see...
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A portrait of Cuban leader Fidel Castro is reflected on a shop window in Havana on August 12, 2009. Cuba celebrates 13 August 2009 Castro's 83 anniversary.
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A boy plays baseball in a street of Havana, next to a grafitti about Cuban president Fidel Castro, 24 April 2007. Convalescent Castro gave a new sign on Saturday, that he is unofficially back at work on more of his customary official duties, when he met Wu Guanzheng - a member of the...
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A huge portrait of Cuban President Fidel Castro is on display in front of the new Venezuelan-Cuban oil refinery Camilo Cienfuegos 20 December, 2007 in Cienfuegos, some 280km east from Havana. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez will inaugurate the refinery on Friday in the sidelines of the...
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Cuban President Fidel Castro (2nd R) leads a march, 01 May 2001, past the United States Interests Section's (SINA) building in Havana, where thousands of Cubans marched to celebrate Labor Day.
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