October 24, 2007
From asap, The Associated Press
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Reporting back: Living under Raul1:70
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He may be ailing, but Cuban leader Fidel Castro manages to keep getting headlines -- like when he wrote in the Cuban media on Tuesday that President Bush "threatens humanity with World War III."
All the while, though, his younger brother -- and designated successor -- has been running the show.
So what's life been like under Raul Castro? Has anything changed, and is the younger Castro more open to economic and political reforms?
During a visit to New York, AP Havana bureau chief ANITA SNOW took on the question in a conversation with AP Deputy International Editor NICOLAS B. TATRO -- and also talked about her recent experience living for a month on the average Cuban salary.
Listen to this asap podcast to find out what they had to say.
http://asap.ap.org/data/interactives/_news/podcast/1024asap_tatro.mp3
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