Posted on 11/26/2016 6:03:23 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
Cuban exiles pour onto Miami streets to celebrate Fidel Castro’s death
... Cubans with flags of Cuba and the US together with hundreds... spilling into the streets of Miami.....at the news of the death of the leader and the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro 90 years old, who died Nov. 25, 2016.
Fidel Castro died, and Cuban Miami did what it does in times of community celebration: It poured onto the streets of Little Havana — and Hialeah, and Kendall — to honk horns, bang pans, and set off more than a few fireworks, saved for exactly the sort of unexpected special occasion that proved worthy of their detonation.
The scene across Miami..., the cradle of the Cuban exile community, was one of pure, raw emotion. This time, after decades of false alarms, Castro’s death was real. “I wish my dad was here to see this,”.... Wearing an “I love Hialeah” T-shirt, he stood.... where police quickly set up watch posts to make sure impromptu revelers stayed safe.
“Beautiful madness,”....describ[ed] the scene.
Passing cars honked incessantly. People waved huge Cuban flags. Parents carried their children and puppies. A few people appeared clad in pajamas and, in one case, flamingo slippers, jolted out of bed — by the late-night news. Shortly after midnight, Cuban leader Raúl Castro announced on state television, his voice trembling, that his older brother had died at 10:29 p.m.
“Toward victory, always!” he said. The streets in Havana, where a nine-day mourning period was announced, appeared to remain quiet.
Not so in Miami, the city across the Florida Straits shaped by exiles who fled Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution. Calle Ocho was completely shut down to traffic to accommodate the elated crowds gathered at Versailles Cuban restaurant, the iconic exile hangout, to cheer and wave signs .......[snip]
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
The Orange Bowl was a bittersweet landmark in South Florida’s Cuban-American experience. After the 1961 Bay of Pigs fiasco, more than 35,000 exiles gathered there to hear President John F. Kennedy promise a free Cuba. Decades later, the bowl served as a camp for Mariel refugees.
The Cuban exile community has been waiting for decade to party. Unfortunately the city fathers tore down the Orange Bowl. The replacement venue- Hard Rock- holds zero of the magic or historic meaning of the Orange Bowl but still has ties to the Cuban-American community.
Since the U of Miami Hurricanes are playing today at the "Hard Rock Stadium" in Miramar, that place will be rocking since many Cuban-Americans will be in attendance.
There are dozens of Youtube videos popping up showing hundreds of people swarming into the streets. It is a matter of time before they organize one real big party!
I started practicing Cuban cooking in order to celebrate Fidel's presumed-to-be-imminent demise. What a long time it has been!
He’s gone where the commies go, below..below..below.
Today Fidel,tomorrow Raul.
Let the Cuban people’s long nightmare come to an end.
Trump elected, the Obama Administration ends, Casrto dies. Perhaps things are really changing.
Fidel Casto’s death was announced many times before. Many likely thought it was another hoax. And the party has been waiting for nearly a decade.
Some of the old headlines that popped this morning:
Miami officials plan ‘Castro is dead’ party - US news ...
www.nbcnews.com/.../t/miami-planning-party-after-castros-death
Jan 29, 2007 · MIAMI — With Fidel Castro seriously ill, the city of Miami is making plans to throw a party at a local football stadium when the Cuban president dies ...
City of Miami plans “Castro is Dead” party - Politics and ...
www.city-data.com/.../40735-city-miami-plans-castro-dead-party-12.html
9 POSTSFIRST POST: FEB 07, 2007
Feb 08, 2007 · Yes, LuLu, Castro has done a GREAT job of making Cuba look as if it were actively at war and bombarded. By the way I went on the website its … People flooded the streets of Miami after Fidel Castro ...
Miami officials plan ‘Castro is dead’ party | BGOL ...
www.bgol.us/.../miami-officials-plan-castro-is-dead-party.151758
Yep, it’s like Christmas morning every day!
Obama going to the funeral? Maybe a pall bearer?
The difference is that this time the Cuban government has stated it officially. The previous times were best guesses made by observers.
"...Abbandonate Ogni Speranza Voi Ch'Entrate..."
The JG
Good things come in threes: What’s next? or Who’s next?
Meanwhile
Celebrate with a Cuba Libre’-
Cola: 10 ounces
Fresh lime/lemon juice: 1
Rum: 5 ounces
5 cl Dark Rum or Light Rum
1 cl Fresh Lime/Lemon juice
10 cl Cola
Rejoice with a Cuban Mojito -
1 teaspoon powdered sugar
Juice from 1 lime (2 ounces)
4 mint leaves
1 sprig of mint
Havana Club white Rum (2 ounces)
2 ounces club soda
TRUMPOPHOBIA IS WORKING ITS MAJIC ALREADY AGAIN
STILL NOT TIRED OF WINNING.
what’s a CL ?
The Wicked Warlock is Dead.
The American demmacrat party is in extended mourning.
Good question, IDK-some foreign unit of measure?
1.50 oz Dark Rum or Light Rum
0.30 oz Fresh Lime/Lemon juice
3.00 oz Cola
or
5 cl Dark Rum or Light Rum
1 cl Fresh Lime/Lemon juice
10 cl Cola
There's a party goin' on right here
A celebration to last throughout the years
So bring your good times and your laughter too
We gonna celebrate your party with you
Come on now, celebration
Let's all celebrate and have a good time
Celebration
We gonna celebrate and have a good time
It's time to come together
It's up to you, what's your pleasure?
Everyone around the world come on!
Yahoo!
It's a celebration
Yahoo!
The Pope grieves:
Pope Francis said in a message delivered in Spanish to Fidel Castro’s brother and current Cuban President Raul Castro that the death of the long-time Cuban dictator was “sad news.”
“I express to you my sentiments of grief,” added the pope, who met Fidel Castro when he visited Cuba last year. Castro, 90, was a self-professed atheist who was baptized as a Catholic.
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