http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/14280/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/cbs-calls-fidel-castro-revolutionary-hero-touts-brothers-reforms-new-era <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/paul-detrick">Paul Detrick</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >     They may not have food to put on their tables, but at least Cuban citizens can text message about it now. </p> <br /> <p >     CBS’s “Early Show” gave a fairly glowing report from the May Day celebration in Havana, Cuba, May 1, on changes Cuban President Raúl Castro has made in the country. Reporter Elizabeth Palmer called the leader's brother, Fidel Castro, a “revolutionary hero.”</p> <br /> <p >     Fidel Castro handed provisional power to Raúl Castro, his younger brother, in July 2006. Raúl Castro officially took over the presidency in February 2008 after Fidel Castro fell ill.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/cbs-calls-fidel-castro-revolutionary-hero-touts-brothers-reforms-new-era" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Business Economy castro cellphone communist Cuba dictator Fidel freedom island MichaelMoore Raul reform resort SiCKO Tourism travel Thu, 01 May 2008 19:50:21 +0000 admin 26212 at http://archive2.mrc.org