Word: alarcon
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...Fidel Castro had promised not to make Elian's return a political spectacle, and he abided by that promise. He didn't even go to the airport himself, although [national assembly speaker] Ricardo Alarcon, who'd been Juan Miguel's consultant, was there. The only ceremonial welcome came from Elian's classmates, who were brought to the airport. Later he met with some of them at an undisclosed location. They're being very careful about how to reintegrate Elian. All the posters bearing his image have been taken down, so that he won't see his face on the walls...
...there was the big-gun lawyer, who had helped save the American President from impeachment, instructing the Cuban President how best to work the system. It was enough to persuade Castro and Ricardo Alarcon, president of the National Assembly and Castro's point man on Elian, to turn on the runway lights at Jose Marti Airport. Castro personally saw Juan Miguel off at 4 a.m. Thursday. He had already ordered that diplomatic immunity at Cuba's Washington outposts be waived--to make the point that Juan Miguel would be free to defect if he wanted to, which reflected Castro...
...father insists that returning Elian is the obligation of U.S. officials. Castro, who has used the incident to whip up anti-U.S. feelings at home, barred Juan Miguel from making the trip, probably fearful of a defection. "This is a case of common sense," said Ricardo Alarcon, the president of Cuba's National Assembly. "This boy has to be returned here as soon as possible." The INS is committed to having...
...Alarcon: That's not my impression. In a way, he feels very happy that that issue [of succession] has been fundamentally solved. The answer is not to pretend that you have to have another Fidel. The problem is deeper than that: how to continue the development of the revolution. If you go through the party leadership, practically everybody now is 40 or below. They are definitely more capable than the people in charge at the beginning--putting aside Fidel, because Fidel is really a special case. He's a personality of history...
...Alarcon: I think that the future belongs to democracy but not to capitalism, because they are opposite camps. We believe the government has to intervene precisely for the benefit of those who would be deprived if you leave democracy to the market...