View Full Version : Castro To Let Go of Power?
tke711
12-17-2007, 08:38 PM
It's a developing story (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071217/ts_nm/cuba_castro_dc), but it would appear that Castro will not attempt to hold onto power.
Of course, the skeptic in me also assumes that he'll hand pick the next person who's just like him.
jfcjrus
12-18-2007, 05:21 PM
Like EVERYONE in Cuba doesn't know that he's on his last legs, and is just waiting to see which power-hungry-high-living despot he puts in charge.
Like he's going to advocate the THE POWER to anyone that gives a shit about 'the people', as he portended so many years ago, when he took over.
NO, just another pissant third world despot, about to delegate THE POWER over fellow human beings to another despot.
Nothing new to see here; move on. ;)
Regards,
MNeedham73
02-19-2008, 08:27 AM
It's official, Castro is retiring. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/cuba_castro_dc)
Swamp Fox
02-19-2008, 11:35 AM
I'll believe it when I see it. And I'd like to know if he's still going to pull the strings behind the scenes.
tke711
02-19-2008, 11:39 AM
Considering that his brother will be taking over, and that Fidel will still be an official adviser, I'd say that's very astute Stanley. ;)
Cuba's National Assembly, a rubber-stamp legislature, is expected to nominate Castro's brother and designated successor Raul Castro as president. The 76-year-old defense minister has been running the country since emergency intestinal surgery forced his older brother to delegate power on July 31, 2006.
Raul Castro has promoted more open debate about the failings of Cuba's command economy, but he is unlikely to make bold political changes to the one-party state. Fidel Castro will remain influential as first secretary of the ruling Communist Party.
Swamp Fox
02-19-2008, 11:52 AM
The NYT compares his reign to that of the right-wing dictators "who often put the interests of business leaders and the foreign policy goals of Washington above the interests of their poorest constituents." (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/world/americas/20castro.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&hp) Perhaps the NYT should consider how Cuba has done compared to other right-wing American allies ... like Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore. In fact, the NYT should consider how other countries are now trying to be free-market havens ... like China, India, Eastern Europe ...
Sierra Mike
02-19-2008, 01:18 PM
Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore aren't off the coast of the U.S. mainland, and as such, are utterly irrelevant in this comparison.
SM