Raúl Castro Makes First Public Remarks - New York Times

By MARC LACEY MEXICO CITY, Aug. 18 Ral Castro, in his first public comments since temporarily taking over power in Cuba from his ailing brother, said that he had mobilized the countrys armed forces in the hours after Fidel Castro s illness was announced to fend off any invasion that might have been planned by Washington. We could not rule out the risk of somebody going crazy, or even crazier, within the U.S. government, Mr. Castro, the countrys defense minister, said in an interview with the editor ...