Leadership Offers Assurances on Castros
The Communist leadership assured Cubans that Raul Castro was in firm control as acting president, and the health minister said Fidel Castro was “recovering satisfactorily” from intestinal surgery.
The government also issued its first decree since Fidel Castro, 79, temporarily stepped down Monday for the first time in 47 years: The Foreign Ministry condemned Israel’s bombing of the Lebanese village of Qana, calling it “cowardly, vile and criminal” and urging the world to force an immediate cease-fire.
Neither Castro brother has made a public appearance since 75-year-old Raul Castro was given temporary stewardship of Cuba.
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