THE MAXIMUM LEADER WAS SITTING IN A LA-Z-BOY RECLINER IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN CUBANACAN, ABOUT 20 MINUTES WEST OF HAVANA, CUBA. HE WAS WATCHING KATY COURIC'S NEWSCAST. CASTRO'S CONVOY DIDN'T NEED TO STOP FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS. IT WOULD TAKE ANYONE ELSE 45 MINUTES. HE HAD SHED HIS FATIGUES AND NOW WORE HIS CUBAN OLYMPIC TRACK SUIT. HIS GASTRIC SYSTEM HAD BEEN UNDER ATTACK FOR THE LAST YEAR AND MOST DAYS HE WAS IN CONSIDERABLE DISCOMFORT. HE TOLD HIS BROTHER, RAOUL, THAT HE WISHED NOW THAT HE HADN'T MADE SUCH A BIG DEAL OUT OF GIVING UP HIS BELOVED CIGARS...