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Havana, Jul 5 (EFE).- The outgoing head of the U.S. Interests Section here used his last public speech to defend his confrontational approach to Cuba's Communist regime and to proclaim that change is inevitable on the island because Fidel Castro is close to collapse or death. "Castro's jerry-rigged system cannot last long. Everyone knows that it does not work and is held together by the force of one domineering personality. And that personality is literally on his last legs," James C. Cason said Monday night at the mission's U.S. Independence Day celebration. "Change is inevitable. I'm confident that the...

JAMES CASON, head of the U.S. Interest Section in Cuba (the United States has no embassy there) has ignited a marvelous little propaganda war between the United States and Cuba, and Cuba is losing. Decrepit old dictator Fidel Castro has imprisoned 75 Cubans this year for political disobedience. Cason decided to use Christmas to remind the world of this crime. His office set up an outdoor Christmas display complete with white lights, candy canes, a Santa Claus and a large, red 75. As soon as the display was up, Fidel demanded the Americans take it down. Cason refused, and he...