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ABC
19980120t93
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NEWS STORY
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For his part,
Fidel Castro
is the ultimate political survivor.
| 2 |
People have
predictede1
his
demisee86
so many times, and the
US
has
triede2
to
hastene4
it on
several occasions.
| 3 |
Time
and again, he
endurese87
.
| 4 |
He has
outlastede7
and
sometimes
outsmartede8
eight
American presidents.
| 5 |
Fidel Castro
invitede9
John Paul
to
comee11
for a reason.
| 6 |
This is clearly an
opportunity for
Cuba
to look good internationally.
| 7 |
The entire world will
seee15
images of the
Pope
in
Cuba
.
| 8 |
They'll
seee16
images
of
the
Pope
with
Fidel Castro
.
| 9 |
It will
givee18
the rest of the world the
viewe90
that
Cuba
is
likee385
any other nation, something the
US
has, of course,
triede22
to
persuadee24
the world that it is not .
| 10 |
Fors95
nearly forty yearst94
, the
United States
has
saide26
categorically it would not
toleratee99
totalitarian
rulee97
in its own backyard.
| 11 |
It is the
US
economic
and political
embargoe240
which has
kepte30
Cuba
ine381
a box.
| 12 |
The main positive for
Castro
to
invitee32
the
Pope
is international, to be
ablee100
to
saye35
to the rest of the world, this government is not as
closede382
, as
intolerante383
, uh as
totalitariane384
as some
makee38
it out to be.
| 13 |
One of the scenarios widely
advancede103
befores43
the
visite42
is that through the
Pope
,
Cuba
, still
lede44
by
Castro
, can
begine45
a more productive
relationshipe107
with the world.
| 14 |
That will, in turn,
bringe48
pressure on
Washington
to
changee50
.
| 15 |
Those observers
lookinge51
for a
battlee52
between uncompromising representatives
and very different ideologies will, in all likelihood, be
disappointede53
.
| 16 |
Castro
has said that you can be a Communist and still be a
Christian.
| 17 |
He
sayse56
he and the
Pope
both
wante57
to
ende59
the
exploitatione60
of
man by man.
| 18 |
The question is who will Cubans
believee378
?
| 19 |
The main negative is the
riske109
that the
Pope
's
visite63
will
persuadee64
a great
many more Cubans to
breake66
loose of the Cuban government.
| 20 |
Ifs110
so, then the
Pope
's
visite67
would really
opene112
up a new chapter in the government's
relationse69
with its own society.
| 21 |
For the Cuban government, that is the
risk.
| 22 |
At the end of the broadcast this evening, one more trip around
Havana
to see
what it's been like since the last time.
| 23 |
And in just a
moment Diane Sawyer
will have some other news.
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