... several buses to carry approximately 600 Semester at Sea students, 50 professors and an additional 200 or so college students from the University of Havana to the Cuban Parliament to meet Fidel and hear him speak. Although I had to share headphones able to translate his Spanish to my ... of this notorious leader, I was able to grasp his every word. During his speech, Castro lived up to his reputation of a long-speech-giver. In nearly five hours, he answered only three questions, while bringing in topics such as education, social reform and US-Cuban relations. He spoke ... and threw a la...

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