Raul Takes Power

Raul Castro is the leader of Cuba. Fidel has ceded power, at least temporarily. It was just announced on Cuban state television tonight.

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[a thought....]

My friends, we've been saying this for months....this guy is about to shuffle off the mortal coil and they are trying to figure out how to smooth out the transition. If anything is to happen for Cuba, the time is now! Raul does not have what it takes to lead the island the way his brother did and hopefully the dissidents on the island can start something.

[v0rB1s]

Could this really be the beginning of the end?

Miami will be one crazy city and I hope that if it is the end of Fidel, this city will remain as calm as is hoped.

[v0rB1s]

A.T. You're probably right. Wasn't it just a few weeks ago that we saw the great propaganda job the Cuban press did on Raul? Seems a little too coordinated.

[v0rB1s]

A.T. You're probably right. Wasn't it just a few weeks ago that we saw the great propaganda job the Cuban press did on Raul? Seems a little too coordinated.

[usambcuba]

it will be interesting to see what unfolds now...

[Geoffrey Gonzalez]

The next 24 hours will be full of specualtion.

Known to many, Fidel Castro isn't well liked. Will there be any atttempts to disrupt his rest while hospitalized.

I mean, attempts to pull his plug.
Geoffrey

[Ian]

Just to clarify: Castro stated that this transfer of power is temporary... until his surgery for his bleeding intestines heal. Assuming he survives of course.

[Ian]

And yes, there may be more to this than the press knows... Raul has become more public lately. Perhaps at the request of Fidel.

[curt]

I hope he gets well soon!

[Manuel A. Tellechea]

"Just to clarify: Castro stated that this transfer of power is temporary... until his surgery for his bleeding intestines heal. Assuming he survives of course." — Ian.

Assuming he's not dead already.

[Manuel A. Tellechea]

"I hope he gets well soon!" — curt

I hope you get well soon.

[jake]

I can't wait to take over Cuba, once Fidel dies!!!! Me and the Diaz-Balart boys are going to PAAAAAAAARTY!

[nonee moose]

Its interesting there's no footage... No requisite wave from the hospital window to the orchestrated throng of well-wishers, no swinging of the newborn over the balcony.. No wait that's the king of pop... Nevermind.

[nonee moose]

Its interesting there's no footage... No requisite wave from the hospital window to the orchestrated throng of well-wishers, no swinging of the newborn over the balcony.. No wait that's the king of pop... Nevermind.

[luis martin]

One day soon, I know I will be able to echo the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to my fellow Cubans back in Cuba FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST, THANK GOD ALMIGHTY WE ARE FREE AT LAST!!! Blessed be God, to hell with fidel!

[Pee Wee Herman]

WHERE IS JOHNLONGFELLOW WHEN WE NEED HIM THE MOST

[Manuel A. Tellechea]

FIDEL CASTRO IS DEAD.

For 47 years he has done nothing but lie to the Cuban people. It is therefore fitting that he should die as he has lived, lying to the end.

There has been no intestinal operation and no formal transfer of power; nor, naturally, will there be a two-month convalescense. Castro is either on life support, with no possibility of recovery, or else he has been mummufied like Lenin and only awaits the moment that Raul Castro has solidified his power to be formally declared dead and put on display for public adulation.

In any case, he has ceased to be the focus of power in Cuba. From now on, when men are murdered, imprisoned tortured or exiled in Cuba, it shall no longer be by his order but will still be in his name.

The death of Fidel Castro does not mean the liberation of the Cuban people. This can only happen when the Cubans shake off both the physical and psychological shackles which he has imposed on them. Today, at least, the psychological shackles have been broken.

And what would Fidel's hell be like?

To languish in a Cuba of his own making, except not as the lord of the manor, but as a miserable serf, enduring on his own flesh everything that he has made his people suffer over the last 47 years.

[a different thought]

Manuel, on this one, I'm with you all the way.....Besides A.T. is correct they have been prepping for this for months.

I'm popping corn as we speak.....

[a thought...]

The Ambassador's wish may come true...may we all share a mojito at Varadero this time next year....can hardly wait....

[Quijote]

I hope the "3 Amigos" Camilo, Che and Fidel get together in Hell very soon.

Jake, I do not know about you but why go to Cuba the Diaz-Balart boys are doing very well here.

[RJ]

Good, this is great news. Does this also mean that all cubans will report back to Cuba? I can't wait.

[a thought...]

RJ, does this mean you won't be visiting Little Havana anytime soon? Oh, well, no mojito for you...

[Quijote]

RJ it means all the Cubans will be coming to visit the USA thanks via airplane same as before and invited by the ones in here.

How do you like them apples ! You got it wrong.

[a thought...]

Dale, Quijote!!!

[BOBBILOU]

Fidel Castro sees Filmmaker Luis Moro's movie Love & Suicide -

and ruptures his intestine.

Castro is immediately hospitalized

when he finds out Love & Suicide, the movie is

screenings in Miami at AMC Theatres starting this August 11th.

Cubans in Miami cheer in the streets.

LOVE & SUICIDE, the movie

SCREENING IN MIAMI

WHEN: Starting August 11th.

PLACE: AMC THEATRES

3015 Grand Avenue

Coconut Grove, FL 33133

SHOW TIMES

AND TICKETS www.AMCtheatres.com

Or Call: (305) 466-0450.

Castro said he was delegating power in Cuba to his brother because

"he did not want to be around when Cuban's in Miami see the real Cuba

in the film Love & Suicide. They're going to come and get me when they see
Love & Suicide."

Fidel said, holding his guts in.

"Seeing the movie Love & Suicide caused an acute intestinal crisis with
sustained bleeding,"

said a statement signed by Castro and read out by his official aide Carlos
Valencia.

White House spokesman Peter Piper said he didn't want to speculate on
Castro's physical health. "But mentally, Love & Suicide, the movie scared
Castro."

"Given the films success, we are monitoring the writer Luis Moro closely as
Love & Suicide screens around the world."

As a country, we continue to work for the day when 'The Cuban Evolution'
Luis Moro started reaches everyone." Mr. Piper also told reporters. "Mr.
Bush will be holding a private screening to educate congress and the senate
on the films theme."

Castro, who's been in power since 1959 and turns 80 on August 13, two days
after Love & Suicide opens in AMC Theatres at the famous Coconut Grove in
Miami, Florida; yelled, "MORO, MORO, MORO!"

Fidel Castro blamed Love & Suicide's profound impact on him as the reason
for his pre-resignation move.

People around the world are overwhelming buying tickets for the upcoming
screenings in Miami.

For show times and tickets visit www.AMCTheatres.com or call (305)
466-0450.

Visit www.TheCubanEvolution.com for updates and additional screening in New
Mexico, Ohio and California.

You're in "The Cuban Evolution."

[Lawrence]

I'm not even Cuban and I am glad as hell that this bum is dying painfully and slowly if not dead already. I have been playing Maricaibo Oriental from the late and great Beny More all day and have it on full blast.

VIVE CUBA

[a thought....]

Lawrence, welcome to our happy (sometimes) blogging family. Blast your Beny!!!! And thanks for your kinds words and support.

[YCL]

I heard a rumor that Fidel is dead and Raul doesn't want to run the country. He is busy making arrangements to spend the rest of his life in exile somewhere off the island, probably with the millions he has stolen throughout the years. Could this be true?

[Michaelrasp]

It's good to know that the U.S. government has not abandoned its efforts to liberate Cuba of that anachronistic dictator Fidel Castro. In fact, the U.S. government has probably succeeded in a slow-motion, high-tech assassination. It's good that their doctors aren't smart enough to figure out what happened to Mr. Castro. All the evidence points to a kind of reverse-radiotherapy, applying a principle well-known to radiotherapists. When he was on his adventures in Argentina recently, he was cross-fired with powerful X-ray lasers from different angles. Hidden in TV cameras, the X-ray laser beams would converge in Mr. Dictator's fat abdomen. Each beam would not leave enough collateral damage to produce a distinct track. But several beams could be made to converge at a common region, such as the dictator's intestines, and at that location enough irradiation would be received to permanently destroy intestinal tissues. In fact, the progress of his "disease" suggests the typical time delay in symptoms due to radiation damage. His stupid doctors will have to constantly anastomose pieces of intestines that are still damaged but not dead yet until they run out of half-healthy tissue. Then he will either die or have to go on IV feeding for the remainder of his putrid life. Good job!!