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FROM
CUBA
Youths mobilized in Havana after news of
Castro's illness
HAVANA, Cuba – August 1 (Juan Carlos
Linares Balmaseda / www.cubanet.org) –
Starting at dawn August 1, Havana's equivalent
of U.S. draft boards, known locally as military
committees, started mobilizing young men
registered to them following the news the
previous evening of Cuban President Fidel
Castro's transferring power to his brother
to undergo surgery.
The military committees keep a registry
of all Cuban men who have finished their
military service until age 45, after which
they are enrolled in the reserves. Registration
is obligatory; any change of address or
employment must be endorsed by an official
of the appropriate military committee.
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