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    Fidel Castro presents 2-volume memoir

    HAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro spent six hours presenting a two-volume memoir to an audience at a Havana convention center, state media said Saturday. It was a rare appearance for the retired and increasingly reclusive former Cuban leader.

    Images on state television showed a smiling, animated Castro wearing a dark track suit over a blue plaid button-up shirt.

    Audio of him speaking was not broadcast, but Communist Party newspaper Granma said he told attendees Friday that they would hear about "two books that you haven't had any news of."

    Granma said the two-tome memoir, "Guerrilla of Time," fills nearly 1,000 pages and covers Castro's life from childhood until December 1958, the eve of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution. It is based on interviews with journalist Katiuska Blanco.

    "I have to take advantage now, because memory fades," Granma quoted Castro as saying.

    Castro, 85, stepped aside provisionally in 2006 due to a life-threatening illness and retired permanently two years later, clearing the way for his younger brother and long-designated successor Raul to take over.

    Fidel Castro is seldom seen in public these days, though he did show up at a Communist Party congress last April, holding the arm of an aide as he entered to a standing ovation and tears.

    Granma said he mused about a wide range of topics Friday including visits from foreign dignitaries, world events and technological advances.

    He reportedly expressed deep opposition to private education and said Cuban leaders were wrong to think that simply by implementing socialism, all the island's economic problems would be solved.

    "Our duty is to fight until the last minute for our country, for our planet and for humanity," he was quoted as saying.

    Essentially out of the public eye, Castro now speaks to Cubans through sporadic columns called "Reflections" that are published in government-run newspapers and painstakingly read aloud by newscasters.

     
    • z j  •  Reno, Nevada  •  3 mths ago
      sean penn will be first in line to buy this
      • stephen 3 mths ago
        I have not watched a movie, or even a news show or comercial with sean pennis in it in years, he is a worthless communist POS! Just like castro and they are both B///I///T///C///H///E///S!!!!
      • acheniushenzi 3 mths ago
        where can i buy it ,,let me google it now
    • matthew  •  Tacoma, Washington  •  3 mths ago
      The only reason why they cheered for him is because they were afraid that if they didn't...
    • Jesse  •  Reno, Nevada  •  3 mths ago
      i thought he was dead..
      • Paul R 3 mths ago
        you thought wrong
      • Jesse 3 mths ago
        i know right?
      • acheniushenzi 3 mths ago
        coz u are dumb,,you should be well conversant with surrent events around the world, not blanket yourself in some KKK den in Reno,
    • Just a Guy  •  3 mths ago
      It makes you wonder what the people that helped Castro get to power,
      feels about Cuba today, compared to was it was like before him.
      • Paul R 3 mths ago
        Castro currently has very few peers who remember a pre-Castro Cuba.
      • Paul R 3 mths ago
        And what it was before Castro was a den of iniquity and vice, controlled by American organized crime and businessmen. Had Castro not staged a successful revolution, the island would be deforested by now, guaranteed. Doesn't make him a saint or even right, but there it is. FACT.
    • CJ  •  3 mths ago
      "This morning, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro announced that he is stepping down, ending five decades of rule. But the biggest surprise was when Castro announced that he’s going to retire in Miami." --Conan O'Brien
    • stephen  •  Tacoma, Washington  •  3 mths ago
      As soon as the POS dies, the Cubans need to burn every copy of the worthless trash, he is and has been nothing but a murdering terrorist for all his adult life, and it is a shame he managed to live this long!
      • Ricardo 3 mths ago
        a good old book burning! family values, right Stephen?
      • stephen 3 mths ago
        For this peace of filth, yes ricado, you cuban comunist POS! It is just a porn book on how to murder and enslave millions!
    • HECTOR  •  St Louis, Missouri  •  3 mths ago
      Hey Fidel, muerete ya viejo pisado, deja de molestar a la humanidad pendejo. Cuando mueras me cagare en tu tumba cabron.
      Who really cares about his life? I'm surprised he's still breathing. Do Cuba and the world a favor and CROAK.
    • Michael B  •  3 mths ago
      Castro! The douche bag who turned Miami into a third world nightmare and gave us hundreds of thousands of mentally ill and criminals during Mariel.
    • Diana  •  3 mths ago
      So what?
    • Carl  •  3 mths ago
      All those brave Cubans in Miami should take him out !!!
    • Fanger  •  Baltimore, Maryland  •  3 mths ago
      Did he say that it's two volumes and 1,000 pages and only goes until 1958, when he was just over 30? How many volumes will he need for the other 50+ years? This guy writes longer than he speaks.
    • sam cole  •  3 mths ago
      god bless you fidel
    • Chris  •  3 mths ago
      Looks like the CIA's old age plague is finally slowing Fidel down
    • Oscarthe  •  3 mths ago
      Yes, free elections in Cuba, with all the possible opponents in jail. Sorry dictator, but every nation have what they deserve.
    • vagabond  •  3 mths ago
      I would back an "Arab spring" in Cuba...
    • Rambler  •  3 mths ago
      Barry went to him to get tips on "spreading the wealth" It worked so well for Cubans HaHaHaHa
    • Clandestine Patriot  •  3 mths ago
      Memroir of a dicatator from 1958 till he croaks someday. Cubans live in extreme poverty, but he and the audience at the Havana convention center did not look like they lived in poverty, or subsisted on a meager diet, on television. The mechanics of communism, the good life for the 1% while the rest live in squalor, like what was found in Russia! Lets ship America's 1% to Castro...so they can tell lies to each other!
    • gary  •  3 mths ago
      Does Castro reflect back about the revolution, and wished he had never thrown the casino owners out of the country? Cuba has been paying for Castro's decision for 52 years thanks to American sanctions.
    • trickytrunk  •  Cleveland, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      the world needs another fiction book,maybe lord of the cigars?
      funny most people held in prison is cuba will be thumbing down bad comments in order to eat today.,now that's real.
    • ricardo  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      Castro, Chavez, etc. Who needs to read the #$%$ book. It's all lies--mentira.
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