Raul Castro takes over

[wistahpatsfan]

Fidel, undergoing intestinal surgery tonight, has turned over power to his hermano, Raul, 5 years younger.

[QuiGon]

Originally Posted by wistahpatsfan

Fidel, undergoing intestinal surgery tonight, has turned over power to his hermano, Raul, 5 years younger.

Fidel Castro has actually been dead for about 25 years now. The Commies in Cuba use many of the same tactics seen in "Weekend at Bernie's" to maintain the illusion of health and vigor.

[IcyPatriot]

Originally Posted by wistahpatsfan

Fidel, undergoing intestinal surgery tonight, has turned over power to his hermano, Raul, 5 years younger.

It just gets better and better...time to get to church...

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/arti...5/224049.shtml

Raúl Castro is a sanguinary leader, and although he has perpetually played second fiddle to and flatterer of his older brother, the younger Castro has always been a feared hard-liner. This year he even warned the United States that they better deal with Fidel before he dies, rather than with him, Raúl, after he assumes power. Raúl Castro is minister of Armed Forces, second secretary of the Cuban Communist Party and first vice president of the Council of State. He holds these posts because he is the only person Fidel has fully trusted, other than Celia Sánchez, Fidel¹s secretary and comrade-in-arms since the Sierra Maestra days who died of cancer in 1980