Cuba gears up to fend off theoretical US invasion
Published on Friday, February 1, 2008
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuba has begun its annual flurry of military
exercises to counter a US invasion, officials said Thursday, amid some
uncertainty about the communist country's leader****p outlook.
A political and military rally, led by Commander Juan Almeida, was held
Wednesday for troops from the islands' central provinces.
Cuba maintains that since ailing president Fidel Castro, 81, took sick
one year and a half ago, US President George W. Bush has boosted US
"aggression" aimed at forcing a political transition.
The mobilization also comes as Cubans are anxious for news on whether
Fidel Castro will resume power or formally step aside.
Interim president Raul Castro said January 20 the National Assembly
would elect Cuba's next president February 24, amid speculation ailing
Fidel Castro might not be its choice for the first time in almost five
decades.
Fidel Castro who has been sidelined from power for nearly 18 months
following major intestinal surgery, was among 614 uncontested candidates
for the legislature in uncontested elections on Sunday, which will name
31 lawmakers to the Council of State that chooses the president.
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