Castro hands power to brother during surgery

CNN ^ | 7/31/06 | CNN

[tdewey10]

Cuban President Fidel Castro is transferring power provisionally to brother Raul while he undergoes an operation, Cuban TV announces.

[PJ-Comix]

what is Miami saying?

Raul es un gran maricón

[VA40]

Check out CNN. They are already rocking in streets!

[rdl6989]

It's reasonable to suspect he's already assumed room temperature. He may have already met his Maker. If so, he's got some serious 'splainin to do!

Castro entering the infernal regions would explain the recent midwest heat wave.

[Rte66]

¿Do you have anything in a Romeo y Julieta, por favor?

[Rte66]

My bad. I surfed to my MSM Spanish channels, looking for news from Sud America - waited patiently ... then realized that at least 2-3 are local, with Houston news. Ha ha on me. I thought they were in Mexico.

[conservative in nyc]

He was prancing around a couple of weeks ago at the Mercosur meeting in South America, hopefuly his last hoorah.

Thanks. A few weeks ago, some FReepers were speculating that Castro might have already had his date with the devil since he was out of public view for a while. Too bad that wasn't the case. Hopefully, Satan will be greeting his new visitor soon.

[MaineVoter2002]

Radio Marti woould be a great one. They have live stream

[tdewey10]

From Prensa-Latina (aka Straight from the Raul's mouth).

I think Castro's Dead, Jim.

http://www.prensa-latina.com/article.asp?ID={A9C48BCD-CDA2-43CC-8512-B77A1288C505})#uage=ES

Google Translate.

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Fidel Castro delegates functions to the front of Cuba for health reasons Havana, 31 jul (PL) the president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, delegated today, provisionally, their responsibilities to the front of the State, the government, the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Officers' Club of Revolutionary Armed Forces) and Partido Comunista (PCC), due to health breaks. In a proclamation directed to the nation, the leader of the Revolution explained that he also yielded of provisional way his obligations to the front of state programs of national and international character on education, health and saving of energy. The functions like Commander-in-Chief of the Officers' Club of Revolutionary Armed Forces, president of the Council of State and Ministers and first secretary of the PCC assumed the first vice-president, army commander Raul Castro Ruz, minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and second secretary of the Party. In agreement with the official notice, read by Carlos Valenciaga, member of the Council of State and head of office of the revolutionary leader, its health was put under an extreme stress and it broke, causing an acute intestinal crisis to him with maintained sangramiento. Between the reasons of his affections, the agent chief executive indicated “the enormous effort made” to visit recently more than one week the Argentine city of Cordova and to participate in the meeting of The Common Market of Sur (MERCOSUR). Also, he alluded to to his presence in the closing of the summit of the towns in the historical University of Cordova and the visit to Altagracia, city where the Heroic Guerrilla lived, Ernesto Che Guevara, in its childhood. Together with this, its return to the country, anniversary of the assault attended immediately the commemoration of the 53 the quarters Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, the 26 of 1953 July, in the provinces (Eastern) of Granma and Holguín, “days and nights of continuous work, without hardly sleeping gave rise to that my health, that has resisted all the tests, was put under an extreme stress and broke”, needs the proclamation. “This caused an acute intestinal crisis to me with maintained sangramiento that forced to me to face a complicated surgical operation”, Fidel Castro added, when indicating that all the details consist in x-rays, endoscopías and filmed materials. The operation forces it to remain several weeks of rest moved away of its responsibilities and positions, and “as our country is threatened in circumstances like these by the government of the United States”, it made the referred decisions. In addition, it also delegated provisonalmente, in the members of the Political Bureau of the PCC Jose Ramon Balaguer (minister of Public Health), Jose Ramon Machado Ventura and Estéban Bow Hernandez, its functions like main impeller of the national and international programs of Public Health and Education, respectively. Equal procedure adopted with the member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Executive Committee of the Cabinet, Carlos Lage, with respect to the national program of the power revolution in Cuba and the collaboration with other countries in that scope. “The corresponding bottoms for these three programs, Health, Power Education and, will have to continue being managed and prioritized since I have come doing personally”, it successfully obtained the Chief of State. Lage, the minister president of the Central bank of Cuba, Francisco Soberón, and the chancellor, Felipe the Perez Roque, who accompanied to Fidel Castro in those managements, will be in charge of such resources and will have to constitute a commission for that objective. The leader of the Revolution demanded “the greater attention of the State and the Cuban nation” to the accomplishment of the summit of agent chief executives of the countries nonAligned, to be made in next Havana from the 11 to the 16 of September, in order that sesione “with the maximum of brilliance in the decided date”. Also, he requested to pospone for next the 2 of December, when 50 years of the disembarkation of the Yacht Granma, headed by him, the commemoration of their 80 birthdays are marked, “that so generously thousands of personalities decided to celebrate next the 13 of August”. “I request to the Central Committee of the Party and to the National Assembly of the Popular Power (Parliament) the firmest support to this proclamation”, emphasized. Fidel Castro said not to lodge the smaller doubt of than the town and the Revolution will fight until the last drop of blood to defend these and other ideas and measures that are necessary to safeguard this historical process. “Imperialism never will be able to squash to Cuba, the battle of ideas will follow ahead”, emphasized the agent chief executive, when giving alive to the Mother country, the Revolution and the Socialism. The proclamation, signed by the agent chief executive of its fist and letter to 18:22, local time, concludes with the emblematic slogan of Until the Victory Always. rc/ucl

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Castro hands power to brother during surgery

Whew. A nice change of pace for Cubans tired of being ruled by an el presidente Castro.

[gov_bean_ counter]

So which way does the Cuban military go on this?

[VA40]

Ah. CNN back on Qana now. They were showing Little Havana, FL. Looked as if they just won the superbowl there. Full party mode. (and I'm only watchin' CNN because Fox has the BOR rerun on now).

[RoseofTexas]

Unfortunately, the bastard will pull through with flying colors....SATAN ain't ready for him! :(

[Lijahsbubbe]

This will give Dan Rather an opportunity to get his mug back on TV.

He can do an hour special about his butt buddy, Fidel.

[MaineVoter2002]

You can view TV Marti (Live) Here

[Frank_2001]

More triumphs of socialized medicine!/s

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

It seems like lefties never die, doesn't it?

Carter will probably live to be 175.

[caa26]

Univision is running with the story live right now, and Little Havana in Miami seemed very happy.

[tdewey10]

Cuba Libre!

[Frank_2001]

Hollywwod? How about Comrade Dan Rather?!;)

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Doesn't Raul have an IQ of about 70?

That would certainly qualify him for a leadership position at Move-On.org, or the DNC.