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After almost a half century as Cuba’s president, 81-year-old Fidel Castro resigned today.
“My wishes have always been to discharge my duties to my last breath. That’s what I can offer,” Castro wrote. But, he continued, “it would be a betrayal to my conscience to accept a responsibility requiring more mobility and dedication than I am physically able to offer. This I say devoid of all drama.”
His resignation paves the way for Castro’s 76-year-old brother Raul to succeed him as president. (The National Assembly will meet this Sunday to make a final decision.) Thus, with the end of one era, we can only hope this is the beginning of a better one for the Cuban people.
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Raul has been doing the job since 2006 anyway. This just tells the Cubans in Florida that their hope of change with Fidel’s death is not going to happen. Maybe after Raul. It’s sad.
Tut, tut. The Cuban people couldn’t possibly want an end to Communist rule. They have such wonderful healthcare.
2# The sad thing is that many people think you are right. I have listened many a time to my dad telling me what a hero Castro was. Of course, he didn’t have to live under him.
KI, exactly. Tell that to the Cubans who have fled.
Cuba is Venezuela’s East Germany.
I don’t think there will be much of a change. I have heard Raul is not as hard line, but we’ll have to wait and see.
76? Ah, a youth movement!
According to the article on Drudge, there is speculation that Carlos Lang (56) will take over.
What is likely to happen is that there will be a free election, overseen by Jimmy Carter, with Carlos Lang on the ballot and he will be elected by 98%. And nothing will change.
Jimma would proclaim it the most gloriously perfect election in the history of mankind.
No matter how it shakes out in the end; the Miami Cubans will be disappointed.
We are great spectators, aren’t we?
Odd when you consider that Mexico and lots of Latin American nations allow their expatriates to vote in national elections. Not so for Cuba.
When Castro dies so dies the romance and allure/sexiness of Cuban totalitarianism. Hard to imagine planeloads of naive Hollywood types swooning over Raul.
Cuba will either burst open like Romania 1989 or else Raul will pull off a huge Tiananmen massacre. After a muted outcry by the remaining antiCommunists in the USA, our govt will not only drop the embargo but declare Cuba a “most favored nation” and products stamped with “Made in Cuba” will soon enough pop up in every Wal Mart in the USA.