Raul vows to defend Fidel's revolution
Cuban President Raul Castro pledged Saturday evening to uphold his brother Fidel's socialist revolution at a massive rally in honor of the communist icon before his burial. Tens of thousands of flag-waving supporters recited the oath with Raul Castro at the Revolution Plaza of Santiago de Cuba, the cradle of Fidel's guerrilla struggle. "He demonstrated that yes we could, yes we can, yes we will overcome any obstacle, threat, turbulence in our firm resolve to build socialism in Cuba," he said. "In front of Fidel's remains ... we swear to defend the fatherland and socialism," said Castro, who took over when his brother fell ill in 2006. "Fidel! Fidel! Until victory, always!" Castro said at the evening rally attended by a few foreign leaders.
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