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South Florida Quiet After Castro Resigns

Exile leaders stress need for democracy on island nation

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 19, 2008 5:16 PM CST

(Newser) – Few South Florida Cubans bothered to celebrate Fidel Castro's retirement today, the Miami Herald reports. Exile leaders dismissed the power shift to Castro's brother Raul as politics as usual for the island nation. "Just because he has given up a title, doesn't mean he... Read full story »

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