Niece: Castro in 'Stupendous' Condition

Newsmax ^ | Monday, Feb. 19, 2007 | NewsMax

[Fighting Irish]

HAVANA -- Fidel Castro's niece said Sunday he was recovering well from surgery and would likely be "very active" again in Cuba's government.

"Fidel is stupendous," said Mariela Castro Espin, daughter of acting President Raul Castro, who took over in July after his older brother underwent surgery.

Pole Vaulting near Havana

Fidel Castro, 80, has disappeared from view since temporarily ceding power to his younger brother, aside from occasional videotaped meetings with foreign visitors.

Sailboarding instructor says of Castro, "best student this year"

The most recent showed a Jan. 29 meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in which the Cuban leader seemed noticeably stronger and less haggard than in earlier images.

Fidel and his qualifying leap for the '07 All Cuban Xtreme Sports Games

[Fighting Irish]

My apollo-jeeeze to Newsmax for inserting my own photos into this newsworthy event ..... even though they made the story far more entertaining :)

[Kimmers]

Thank you LOL your photos made it far more entertaining!!!!!!

[JRios1968]

Fidel is in great condition...for a corpse.

[AnAmericanMother]

He's in stupendous condition, all right.

When visitors get downwind of his rotting corpse, they say, "D)(%*^)! That's stupefying!"

[Samurai_Jack]

WEEKEND AT CASTROS

[Puppage]

So's his buddy

[theDentist]

Here is Fidel slipping out from under Terminus Colon in "Ultimate Fighter" championship, which he won in the 2nd round.

[reagan_fanatic]

LOL on the photos - here he is wrestling an alligator...

[Toespi]

Too funny!!!

[CobraJet]

You mean stuporous condition.

[San Jacinto]

"Fidel is stupendous,"

Comments like that will get you shot in Cuba

[Brad from Tennessee]

I learned during the Cold War, particularly when I was in Vietnam, that any information from a communist state news agency must be extrapolated 180 degrees--"yes" means "no", "up" means "down", "cold" means "hot", "stupendous" means "spread out on an embalming table."

[proudofthesouth]

I see a "Weekend At Bernie's" coming on!

[lilylangtree]

Yeah, right! Until Castro's decides to take power back from Raul.

[Vigilanteman]

See Post #6. Lenin is looking a little green under the gills. Fidel is probably in better condition like, say, Evita Peron?

[JRios1968]

Kinda like Generalissimo Franco!

[theDentist]

Fidel speeds to victory in the 2006 Havana Formula One races.

[Ancesthntr]

"Stupendous" A Spanish word meaning "He's dead, Jim."

[jdm]

"Of corpse I'm fine. Don't be silly."

[proud American in Canada]

LOL on the photos! Definitely more entertaining. :)