<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ec6e5950-8f84-46e4-8b3a-80beb5ab51a4/08A7CA08-974F-4CC1-8ABB-2AD18BAD2273/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/02/cuba.us.castro/" href="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/02/cuba.us.castro/" style="font-size: 11px;">edition.cnn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/02/cuba.us.castro/"><H1> Cuban president vows to defend socialism</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/02/cuba.us.castro/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/edition.cnn.com/img/5EE92F6D-49A6-4437-B7A8-71A9B60C4924" alt="Raul Castro warns his critics there will not be any upcoming change in Cuba's political philosophy." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/02/cuba.us.castro/"><P> <B>HAVANA, Cuba (CNN)</B> -- Havana is ready and willing to start a dialogue with Washington, Cuban President Raul Castro said in a speech to parliament Saturday, but warned that political and regime change are not up for negotiation.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/02/cuba.us.castro/"><P> "They didn't elect me president to restore capitalism in Cuba, nor to surrender the revolution," Castro said to loud applause. "I was elected to defend, maintain and continue perfecting socialism, not to destroy it."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/02/cuba.us.castro/"><P> He added that those expecting political change after the death of former President Fidel Castro and his generation were "condemned to fail."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/02/cuba.us.castro/"><P> Castro ceded the presidency to his younger brother, Raul, last year but has retained leadership of the Communist Party, the only legal political party in Cuba.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/08A7CA08-974F-4CC1-8ABB-2AD18BAD2273/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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