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- Afternoon Storms Should Be Slow Movers
- Why Is It So Cold??!!!
- Tropical Storm Bertha
- Hearing Lakeland’s Fireworks Not The Same As Seeing Them, By George
- 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
Maria Espinosa, who left Matanzas, Cuba, for Tampa nine years ago, said she doesn’t expect change in Cuba right away. But she expects change.
If Raul Castro goes from provisional president to elected president on Sunday, she says, there will have to be change:
“My very personal opinion is Raul doesn’t have the charisma that Fidel had, who could convince people of things. [Raul] can’t speak two hours like Fidel would, because the people would just leave. He’ll have to the sympathy of people. He’ll have to be more flexible, because he can’t impose things the way that Fidel did.”
But the change won’t be immediate, she said.
“Something’s going to happen, but it’s not going to be soon,” said Espinosa, 45, an employment specialist with Lutheran Services of Florida. “The way of thinking and the government structure is such that it can’t change from one day to the next. I think there will be changes in the long term.”
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