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For the first time in forty-seven years, Cuban President Fidel Castro this week handed over control of the Caribbean island to his brother Raul, citing ill-health. The official word is the handover is only temporary—but anti-Castro activists are already predicting the end of his regime and the introduction of democracy to Cuba. But Flinders University Latin American expert Dr Gerry Pye says this is still some way off.

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