Viva Fidel!

Feb 19, 2008 22:35

Current Music: The aircon

Fidel Castro has voluntarily abdicated the Presidency of Cuba.

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tatjna February 19 2008, 19:54:23 UTC
And here was me thinking he was dead in deep retreat.

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_fustian February 19 2008, 21:42:24 UTC
Well of course he has been in enforced medical retreat since the mystery hospitalisation in 2006, with young Raul (74) effectively running the place. There was a lot of speculation that he was dying, but it seems he might just be too decrepit to return to active involvement in government. He's still writing voluminously though, and intends to continue.

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stephen_dedman February 20 2008, 01:16:48 UTC
"He's still writing voluminously though, and intends to continue."

What, like L. Ron Hubbard?

I was amused by Bush, of all people, saying "Eventually, this transition ought to lead to free and fair elections - and I mean free, and I mean fair - not these kind of staged elections that the Castro brothers try to foist off as true democracy.”

Change "the Castro brothers" to, say, "Fox News" or "the Supreme Court"...

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