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CUBA: SPEECH BY FIDEL CASTRO ON CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE CAUSES MOMENTARY FEAR OF MASS EXODUS TO FLORIDA.
On June 26, the Cuban National Assembly approved a constitutional amendment making socialism "irrevocable" in Cuba. While the change was generally seen in the US as a response to a dissident-sponsored petition drive to legislate, among other things, a free-market economy, President Fidel Castro said the amendment responded to aggressive speeches made earlier by President George W. Bush. Castro warned that Cuba might cancel the only two formal agreements it has with the US, leading to rumors of a mass exodus of Cubans to Florida.
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