Cuba Back in Spotlight With Release of Prisoners

MARGARET WARNER:

Estimates of how many political prisoners remain there vary widely, but the Cuban Commission on Human Rights in Havana says there are 160, the fewest in half-a-century.

The releases have created the biggest international splash of Raul Castro's four-year presidency. He took over when his brother Fidel relinquished the post following intestinal surgery.

But, last night, Fidel Castro reemerged, with his first televised remarks in three years. He was interviewed on state-controlled Cuban television. In 75 minutes, the 83-year-old revolutionary never mentioned the prisoner release or any other domestic Cuban issue. Instead, he warned that the U.S. was increasing the danger of nuclear war with Iran.

FIDEL CASTRO, former Cuban president (through translator): The U.S. will encounter a terrible resistance that will spread the conflicts and cannot end up any other way than nuclear.

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