쿠바 경찰은 3일, 피델 카스트로 대통령의 신상변화에 대비해 수도 아바나 시내 순찰을 강화했습니다.
아바나에서 나온 미확인 보도들은 쿠바 정부가 민간인들의 소요 진압훈련을 받은 신속대응 여단을 전시편제로 개편했다고 밝혔습니다. 그러나 아바나 주재 외국 기자들은 쿠바의 유일한 국가지도자인 카스트로신상에 어떤 변화가 있건, 쿠바의 공산주의 체제에는 변화가 없을 것으로 카스트로지지자들은 믿고 있다고 말했습니다.
쿠바의 한 고위관리는 이날, 79세 고령의 카스트로 대통령이 수술에 뒤이어 여전히 기민한 정신상태를 보이고 있다고 밝혔습니다.
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Cuban police have increased patrols in parts of Havana, apparently due to uncertainty surrounding President Fidel Castro's health.
Unofficial reports from the Cuban capital also say the government has activated rapid-response brigades trained to handle civil disturbances. However, foreign reporters in Havana say Mr. Castro's supporters are confident that Cuba's Communist system will remain intact, no matter what happens to the only president most of the country's residents have ever known.
Mr. Castro, who took power in Cuba in 1959 as a young revolutionary leader, stepped aside as president and Communist Party leader on Monday and appointed his brother Raul to replace him temporarily, while he recovers from surgery. A statement in Mr. Castro's name has said he was being treated for an abdominal bleeding problem caused by stress, but no further details were released.
A senior government official in Havana (parliament speaker Ricardo Alarcon) said the 79-year-old president emerged from surgery feeling very alert.