HAVANA, Aug 14, (AFP) - A reinvigorated Fidel Castro marked his 84th birthday Friday after recently returning to the Cuban spotlight, insisting he remained true to the ideals of the revolution that brought him to power half a century ago.
“I have not changed,” Castro wrote in an article published in state-run media. “I will be faithful to the principles and ethics that I have practised since I became a revolutionary.”Castro handed presidential power to his younger brother Raul in 2006 after undergoing gastrointestinal surgery. The transition became permanent in 2008, although Fidel Castro remains head of the Cuban Communist Party.
For years after his operation, Fidel hardly made so much as a public appearance, but in the last three weeks he has popped up in at least eight public events, culminating this week with the ailing father of the revolution appearing in his trademark olive green fatigues to give a speech before the country's National Assembly. |
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