[heterosupremacist]

"Fidel Castro's death "puts a sharper focus on the mortality of the entire first generation of this revolution," said Philip Peters, a Cuba analyst and business consultant, "and brings into sharper focus the absence of a group of potential leaders that's ready to take over and politically connected to the public."

For Cubans off the island, Castro's death was cause for celebration. In Miami, the heart of the Cuban diaspora, thousands of people banged pots with spoons, waved Cuban and U.S. flags in the air and whooped in jubilation.

"We're not celebrating that someone died, but that this is finished," said 30-year-old Erick Martinez, who emigrated from Cuba four years ago.

The Cuban government declared nine days of mourning for Castro, whose ashes will be carried across the island from Havana to the eastern city of Santiago in a procession retracing his rebel army's victorious sweep from the Sierra Maestra to Havana. State radio and television were filled with non-stop tributes to Castro, playing hours of footage of his time in power and interviews with prominent Cubans affectionately remembering him.

Bars shut, baseball games and concerts were suspended and many restaurants stopped serving alcohol and planned to close early. Official newspapers were published Saturday with only black ink instead of the usual bright red or blue mastheads."

[rovenstinez]

For sure, ALL HOPE IS GONE.

[rlmorel]

"...Music fell silent, weddings were canceled and people wept in the streets Saturday as Cubans Soviets faced their first day without Stalin, the leader who steered their island to both greater social equality and years of economic ruin...

History repeats itself. There were even those in the Gulags who cried when Stalin died.

[Fresh Wind]

I’m glad I read this before I ate, instead of after.

[donna]

...each Cuban family get a basic ration of staples such as rice, beans, cooking oil, salt, sugar and bread. They also get the following in limited quantities: 1 piece of soap, 1 toothbrush, and 1 tube of toothpaste. Milk is only available for mothers with children below the age of six.

http://www.havana-guide.com/lifeinhavana.html

[FreeReign]

Just putting a face on the type of person who could right such a utterly stupid article.

[aquila48]

Stockholm syndrome.

[Deplorable American1776]

Hey Raul, let’s have a trade - the Democratic Party in exchange of Cubans who yearns to be free...

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Much like North Korea, when the leader dies, everyone has to show extreme open mourning or be shot.

[FormerACLUmember]

Associated Press complete BS.

[TBP]

Yes, now they can hope for a better life — one of freedom and prosperity.