ping for future.
What are the odds that Cubans will uprise based on charismatic Fidel being replaced by his uncharismatic brother? Or, as suspect, are they so beaten that they'll take the brother so long as things do not get extraordinarily (for them) oppressive?
Zero.
looks like a young al pacino or donald sutherland behind fidel. ;-)
Raul Castro, left, stands next to his brother and then rebel leader Fidel Castro, bottom, and an unidentified fighter, as they operate against dictator Fulgencio Batista from Cuba's eastern mountains in this March 14, 1957 file photo. Fidel officially designated Raul as his successor at a Communist Party congress in October 1997. On Tuesday Feb. 19, Fidel Castro said he will not accept a new term when the newly elected parliament meets on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew St. George, File)