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Where is Raúl, and what happened to the Cuban generals?
American Thinker ^ | 08/09/2021 | Silvio Canto Jr.

Posted on 08/09/2021 8:13:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

It's been a rough summer for generals in Cuba.  They are dropping like flies, as we see in this report:

Over just nine days this month, Cuban state media announced the deaths of five generals, sparking a wave of discussion and rampant speculation among analysts and exiles.

The senior military leaders all appear to have died between July 17 and 26. Some were serving and others retired, but all had lauded military careers. The youngest was 58. Most were in their 70s or 80s. It is not clear what caused the deaths, and there is no indication they were related.

The deaths of several generals in a short space of time come as the revolutionary vanguard that has led the communist country for six decades hands over power to a new generation.

Maybe they all moved to the other side of the grass in the same time frame, or maybe they were pushed?  Honestly, nobody knows for sure, but it's a bit strange.  Of course, some would argue that they were lucky, because it won't be pretty when retributions start.  It's better to be dead when regimes collapse.  Just ask Romania's Nicolae Ceaușescu and his lady.

Raúl Castro's whereabouts are also a mystery.  The younger Castro brother (90 years old ) has been technically out of power for a bit and did make a cameo appearance to support the regime.  We've heard all kinds of rumors about colon cancer but nothing official.  All we know is that he turned 90 two months ago.

Back in the days of the USSR, they would play special music on the radio before they told us that the leader died.  We will monitor Radio Havana to see if the mood changes.

A lot of things are happening in Cuba, much of it behind the curtains.


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TOPICS: Cuba; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 202108; bodycount; castro; castrolbodycount; cuba; deadgenerals; defections; generals; purge; purges; raulcastro

1 posted on 08/09/2021 8:13:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Impressive how leftys with Platinum healthcare seem to go on forever.


2 posted on 08/09/2021 8:14:24 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: SeekAndFind

"Killin' Generals could get to be a habit with me!"

3 posted on 08/09/2021 8:15:20 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Its the accepted opinion of all Cuban émigrés I know that Raul Castro is infamous for his pederasty.


4 posted on 08/09/2021 8:17:46 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: nascarnation

Wow. Communist Cuban generals and US capitol security guards. Who would have guessed?


5 posted on 08/09/2021 8:52:04 AM PDT by RushingWater
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To: SeekAndFind

Arkancide. They pissed off Hillary and therefore they must die.


6 posted on 08/09/2021 8:55:22 AM PDT by MercyFlush ( According to the New York Times "Freedom" is an anti-government slogan. )
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To: SeekAndFind

**The deaths of several generals in a short space....**

I remember the same thing happening about fifty or so years ago in the Soviet Union. A large number of Generals died over the course of several months.
There was speculation that they might have died in a plane crash and the USSR was slowly releasing the names over time.


7 posted on 08/09/2021 9:10:34 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (30 days! FB jail for mentioning a Monty Python script about tranneys, and the 1936 Olympics.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

During the attempted coup against Mikhail Gorbachev that preceded the fall of the Soviet Union, some members of the politburo also reportedly “committed suicide.”


8 posted on 08/09/2021 9:26:58 AM PDT by Sons of Union Vets (Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory!)
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