HAVANA (Reuters) - As Fidel Castro turns 81 on Monday, Cuba watchers see the ailing leader fading into a role equivalent to China's Mao Zedong as his successors grapple with the need to reform the economy while preserving the Communist state.
Castro has been out of sight for a year, but not out of mind, thanks to regular newspaper columns dispatched from a secret medical facility.
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