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- Time for a patriotic song.
- Crist Engaged To Rome
- Supremes: Crist Erred On Gambling Pact
- Polk Schools Dealing With High Diesel Costs
- Take trolley, streetcar to fireworks
- Isn’t it Fun to Fly?
- Hail, Gusty Winds, Possible Tornado Results From Afternoon Storms
- Portable High Definition Televisions
- Andy Martin—Remember Him?—Gets His Moment In The Sun
- There’s One Behind Every Tree …
- Tornado Warning Up For Sebring Area
- More Storms Heading Toward North Hillsborough, Southeast Pasco
- Storms Forming Near I-75
- Another Afternoon Of Active Thunderstorms
- Road work causing delays near Clearwater roundabout
Mario Quevedo said that even though Fidel Castro is relinquishing power, the system will remain the same.
“There will be cosmetic changes – perhaps a little economic change,” said Quevedo, a Tampa resident who came to the United States in 1961 from Cuba. But “not the fundamental changes the Cuban people need.”
Quevedo said the Cuban people need the opportunity to experience democracy, liberty, freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
Quevedo said the new president – who he predicts will be Raul Castro—and his inner circle can’t waiver from the party line.
“As long as he [Castro] is alive, they can’t go too far from the line,” said Quevedo, 63. “As long as he is alive, Raul [Castro, his brother] will not do anything that isn’t accepted or blessed by Fidel.”
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