OBITUARY-Eusebio Leal, Castro 現体制支持者／忠臣 who started Old Havana 復古／返還, dies
By Nelson Acosta
HAVANA, July 31 (Reuters) - Eusebio Leal, a historian and orator who befriended Fidel Castro and led the 再建 of the 崩壊するing historic 中心 of Havana, died on Friday morning from a "painful illness," Cuban 公式の／役人 マスコミ said. He was 77.
Calling himself a "Fidelist" rather than a Marxist, Leal was a member of the 判決，裁定 Cuban 共産主義者 Party's エリート Central 委員会 and （機の）カム to be seen as an 年上の 政治家 of Cuba.
Inside Cuba, he earned 承認 as an articulate historian, 初めは a self-taught student who through intellect and hard work passed the university 入り口 exam without a formal education.
He would go on to earn a 博士号 in history and become a member of Cuba's 国家の 議会.
Outside Cuba, he was best known as leader of the 事業／計画（する） to 再構築する Old Havana, the historic 中心 built by Spanish colonists which had been 悪化するing from age, neglect and the 損失ing 影響s of seawater on the buildings along Havana's famous boardwalk.
The 国際連合 Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) 指名するd Old Havana a World 遺産 場所／位置. With 財政上の help from Spain and under the direction of Leal, Cuba rebuilt dozens of 植民地の-時代 buildings, contrasting はっきりと with the many that continued to 崩壊する.
The （選挙などの）運動をする helped make Old Havana a tourist attraction that was an 代案／選択肢 to the country's popular beach 訴える手段／行楽地s.
Leal was a の近くに friend of Castro 同様に as his younger brother Raul Castro, who 公式に took over the leadership of the Cuban 共産主義者 Party in 2011, though he shied away from overtly political gestures, concentrating on academia and 再構築するing the historic 中心.
"More than a Marxist, I was a Fidelist," Leal told a 会合 of artists and writers in April 2014. He 追加するd, referring to Fidel Castro, "His thinking was more inclusive and 包括的な than the dogmatic canons or doctrine."
"Fidel was th e only one 有能な of 部隊ing this country after the 革命, in the 直面する of so many discordant ideas," he said.
Leal said he built his 評価 for 回復するing old buildings on his 早期に dedication to the Roman カトリック教徒 Church, which fell out of 好意 in the 早期に days of the 共産主義者 政府 but later 回復するd stature with the Castro brothers and other 高齢化 革命のs.
"My cultural education was formed through the discipline of the church," he said in a 2010 interview with Cuban 明言する／公表する television. "It was difficult to make 宗教 and 革命 両立できる. People didn't understand, and there were some difficult moments, but for me they were never 相いれない."
Leal also embraced the market-oriented 経済的な 改革（する）s 器具／実施するd under Raul Castro, 説 the country must produce economically ーするために 進歩.
"Bread is just as important as thinking. One must have bread ーするために think," Leal said. "Think about it. Bread comes before philosophy." (報告（する）／憶測ing by Nelson Acosta in Havana 付加 報告（する）／憶測ing by Sarah 沼 in Havana 令状ing by Daniel Trotta Editing by Matthew 吊りくさび)
