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U.S. won't beat Cuba, Castro says
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published June 19, 2007
HAVANA - Recuperating Fidel Castro vowed the United States "will never have Cuba, " saying in an essay published Monday that the island's system is strong and will stay that way. The essay titled "You will never have Cuba" filled the front page of the Communist Party daily Granma and other official newspapers. Castro accused President Bush of plotting to send troops to Cuba since 2002 and to "install a direct imperial administration." "Cuba will continue developing and perfecting the combative capacity of its people, including our modest but active and efficient arms industry, against any invader that it comes across, no matter what weapons they have, " Castro wrote in the article, which was signed Sunday afternoon. Cuba has repeatedly said its citizens are prepared to beat back any U.S. attempt to take advantage of Castro's health problems and invade. Castro, 80, has not been seen in public since July, when illness forced him to temporarily cede power to a government headed by his brother Raul, the defense minister. Fidel Castro's exact condition and ailment are state secrets, but life has changed little since he fell ill.
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