Cuban-Americans Wonder What Comes Next

“Celebration in the streets of Little Havana gave way Tuesday to speculation about the state of Fidel Castro’s health and what would happen in Cuba if he were to die, while county officials activated a rumor control hot line.

Castro remained out of sight Tuesday after undergoing intestinal surgery and temporarily turning over power to his brother Raul. Some in Florida speculated that the leader who has defied the United States for nearly half a century already could be dead.

“When a man has been in power for so long, they don’t tell people at first. I am afraid that when people begin to realize that he is dead, the real fight for power will begin,” said Eric Hernandez, 33, a writer for Telemundo who said he had canceled plans to return to Cuba on Friday to visit his father for the first time in five years.”

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