From his home three times before the vote disease in 2006 since taking office, cede power, two years later, his brother raul castro.
A hunch, white beard castro, 86, state television had voted to see him, in the late afternoon, dressed in blue plaid shirt and light blue coat.
The announcer said, castro talked about efforts to reform the economy, Latin American integration, Venezuelan President Hugo chavez and other matters.
He heard a faint sound in Sunday's election praise in public.
"The people are the real revolution, they really sacrifice. We don't have to prove this point, history will fifty years blockade, and have not given," he said.
The Cuban people attended the vote, selected 612 delegates to the national congress of the communist party of SLATE choose provincial council and more than 1000 delegates, they are how to live and work at the same time change, not in how they vote.
Raul castro President and other leaders also shows on TV casting their votes, was elected to the display reform and independent in the United States the importance of support.
Raul castro's decentralization national leading economic system, make more space for agriculture and retail service personal initiative, and lifted the limitation of personal freedom, such as tourism, buying and selling house and car.
He also introduced the government the top tenure (two five years he worked in), but has caused other political parties and controversial election legalization line.
"Give up a party's principle, the legalization of will be equal to one or more parties to imperialism," castro said, last year in the meeting.
He insisted that the criticism, and even some friends, also did not consider the "abnormal state" siege countries are going through.
"A party in the election, and the stability of the open economy, but progress is slow, says the current system is how to manage change island - give people more space, and the control of their own role, in the political and civil participation in economic life, said:" ted Piccone, headquartered in Washington's brookings institution, deputy director of the foreign policy.
Cuba's 8.7 million inhabitants, about 95% of the more than 16 years old, is expected to polling station, almost each and nonvoting scowled.



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