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** FILE ** In this file photo from July 26, 2012, Raul Castro speaks in Guantanamo on Revolution Day, the anniversary of the July 26, 1953, rebel attack on a military barracks led by Fidel and Raul Castro that is considered the beginning of the Cuban revolution. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Travelers line up to check with migration officials before departing from the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, in July 2010, while at right a TV screen displays an image of longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)

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The Florida Marlins suspended manager Ozzie Guillen for five games for his comments about Fidel Castro. (Associated Press)

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With a billboard showing Cuba's leader Fidel Castro in the background, Pope Benedict XVI arrives aboard the popemobile in Revolution Square to celebrate a Mass in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, on March 26, 2012. The pope is in Cuba for a three-day visit. (Associated Press)

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Pedro Pablo Oliva's painting titled "El Gran Abuelo (The Great Grandfather)" depicts Fidel Castro. Though the artist proclaimed his loyalty to the revolution, he was abruptly expelled as a delegate to a regional assembly and accused by his parliamentary colleagues of counterrevolutionary behavior after criticizing the regime's treatment of dissidents. (Associated Press)

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In this photo from March 8, 1977, Cuban leader Fidel Castro (left) sits with Col. Moammar Gadhafi in Tripoli. (Associated Press)

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Fidel Castro, seen in August, says he gave up leadership of Cuba's Communist Party and all other official positions five years ago. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Cuba's Fidel Castro delivers a speech during the 50th anniversary of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution on Sept. 28, 2010, in Havana. Mr. Castro said on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, that he resigned five years ago from all his official positions, including head of Cuba's Communist Party, a position he was thought still to hold. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)

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Cuban curators work as an image of Cuba's leader Fidel Castro is exhibited at the "Oficios" gallery in Old Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, March 8, 2011. A Twitter account that tweets excerpts from former President Fidel Castro's frequent musings on world affairs has passed 100,000 followers, which the government says makes it the first Cuban themed Twitter account to break that threshold. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

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Students among a crowd of 20,000 celebrate as former Cuban President Fidel Castro delivers a speech in Havana during the 50th anniversary of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, the nation's neighborhood vigilance system. (Associated Press)

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Cuba's leader Fidel Castro listens to his national anthem before delivering a speech during the 50th anniversary of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, CDR, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010.(AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

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Cuba's leader Fidel Castro gestures before delivering a speech during the 50th anniversary of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, CDR, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010.(AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

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People listen to Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, unseen, as he delivers a speech during the 50th anniversary of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, CDR, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

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Cuba's leader Fidel Castro listens before delivering a speech during the 50th anniversary of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, CDR, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

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Students wave a Cuban flag during a speech delivered by Cuba's leader Fidel Castro as part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, CDR, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

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Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, top left, delivers a speech during the 50th anniversary of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, CDR, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

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Cuba's leader Fidel Castro delivers a speech during the 50th anniversary of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, CDR, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

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Cuba's leader Fidel Castro delivers a speech during the 50th anniversary of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, CDR, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

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"The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore," Fidel Castro told an American reporter. (Associated Press)