Castro Has Parkinson’s, CIA Analysis Concludes
The CIA has concluded that Cuban President Fidel Castro suffers from Parkinson’s disease and could have difficulty coping with the duties of office as his condition worsens, said a U.S. official familiar with the assessment.
Bush administration officials and members of Congress have been briefed. U.S. diplomats said they were not using such intelligence to make policy decisions about Castro or Cuba.
The Cuban leader, 79, has been in power on the island of 11 million people since leading a 1959 revolution and has long been at ideological odds with Washington.
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