US sees rise of hardliners in Cuba as Castro’s health deteriorates
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The deterioration of President Fidel Castro’s health has been as been accompanied by the rise of hard-line elements to key positions in Cuba, leaving no possibility for democratic reformers to surface, a senior State Department official said Wednesday.
“With Fidel Castro still alive, the regime has become more orthodox,” said Thomas Shannon, who heads the State Department’s Western Hemisphere affairs bureau. “It is hard to say what position it will take post-Fidel.” (AP)
