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Castro hands power to brother during surgery
CNN ^ | 7/31/06 | CNN

Posted on 07/31/2006 6:33:36 PM PDT by tdewey10

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

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Cuba; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: castro; castrodeath; cuba; deathwatch; fidel; geopolitics; havana; ill; intestinalcrisis; latinamerica; raul; raulcastro
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To: tdewey10
You think? I think with Castro gone Chavez will be focusing on Cuba not Obra.

You may be right, but he's a damn fool if he thinks he'll get in there before the Cuban exiles in Florida, or if he thinks America will stand still for him in Cuba.

 

 

 

 

241 posted on 07/31/2006 7:37:40 PM PDT by HawaiianGecko (Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.)
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To: Fred Hayek

Some of those people have turned castro into a diety, pretty sad


242 posted on 07/31/2006 7:37:45 PM PDT by muryan
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To: tdewey10
Via Babalu:

"Update: People have taken to the streets in Little Havana in Miami. Calle Ocho is packed with Cubans celebrating the news. Our phones here havent stopped ringing and we're unable to communicate with anyone in Cuba. Versailles Restaturant is packed with folks honking, screaming and waving flags. My wife insists that castro is dead."

243 posted on 07/31/2006 7:38:42 PM PDT by The Bronze Titan
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To: tdewey10

I honestly don't think Castro is long for this world.

Didn't Stalin and Mao BOTH have health issues that were NEVER announced before they "died"???


244 posted on 07/31/2006 7:39:48 PM PDT by MikefromOhio
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To: tdewey10
This ought to bring Dan Rather out of retirement cause Katie won't leave the country.
246 posted on 07/31/2006 7:40:05 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, DemocRATs believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: MikefromOhio
Didn't Stalin and Mao BOTH have health issues that were NEVER announced before they "died"???

As did FDR and JFK. Leftists never tell the truth.

247 posted on 07/31/2006 7:41:24 PM PDT by w1andsodidwe (Jimmy Carter allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
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To: pissant

¡Arriba Cohiba!


248 posted on 07/31/2006 7:41:30 PM PDT by Rte66
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To: The Bronze Titan
The only thing keeping it from going over the edge is a 'spark' from any significant event transpiring to provide the momentum to take to the streets.

Mmmmmm....like Fidel keeling over, maybe?

249 posted on 07/31/2006 7:41:49 PM PDT by uglybiker (Don't blame me. I didn't make you stupid.)
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To: w1andsodidwe

I don't think JFK really fits on that list......


250 posted on 07/31/2006 7:41:54 PM PDT by MikefromOhio
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To: cmsgop

This Raul putz looks like a character out of an Andy Griffith show.

Fidel is not suffering from intestinal bleeding due to stress caused by a simple overseas trip.

Fidel has one foot in the grave.

I watched Neil Cavuto interview President Bush today, and I must say President Bush seemed most upbeat.


251 posted on 07/31/2006 7:42:21 PM PDT by Hilltop
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To: HAL9000

Ruptured appendix, perhaps?

A "health accident" is a sudden occurence, like a stroke


252 posted on 07/31/2006 7:42:35 PM PDT by TaxRelief (Wal-Mart: Keeping my family on-budget since 1993.)
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To: Fred Hayek; All
From the looks of the DUmmie thread, it looks like one poster is going to get banned.

Alright, which one of you comedians is trolling the septic tank (DU)under the screen name of GuillermoX71?

253 posted on 07/31/2006 7:43:22 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: The Bronze Titan

There is about to be a blood bath in Cuba. The Hezbo's Israel on the big stage is designed to take the spotlight off the carnage to come as groups/people step up to fill the coming power void. Chavez is the common denominator.


254 posted on 07/31/2006 7:43:46 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (There are only a few absolute truths in life, everything else is just an opinion.)
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To: The Bronze Titan; Luis Gonzalez

Ah, the good old Versaille on Calle Ocho, filled with the remaining Cubans who aren't in line at the airport waiting to go home at first notice of Fidel's demise.

Luis, you know anything definitive? When they start partying in Havana, we'll know the end has come.

But the end of everything? Is that too much to hope for? Every Cuban and lover of Cuba in the USA should boat, raft, fly to Havana in a reverse boatlift to encourage the Cubans to declare their country THEIRS. Where do I sign up?


255 posted on 07/31/2006 7:44:43 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: The Bronze Titan

Actually, some car horns were just honking in the nearby barrio here, too. Not a lot of Cubans living there, as they live in nice houses elsewhere, but maybe some "unity" honks for brethren.


256 posted on 07/31/2006 7:44:59 PM PDT by Rte66
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To: tdewey10

Cuban President Fidel Castro, left, and his brother, Minister of Defense Raul Castro, attend a Cuban Parliament session in the Palace of Conventions in this July 1, 2004, file photo in Havana, Cuba. It was announced, Monday, July 31, 2006, that Fidel Castro has temporarily relinquished presidential power to his brother Raul due to illness. (AP Photo/Cristobal Herrera, file )


257 posted on 07/31/2006 7:45:35 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......Help the "Pendleton 8' and families -- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
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To: MikefromOhio

He had that brain matter thing previous, didn't you know?


258 posted on 07/31/2006 7:45:40 PM PDT by Rte66
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To: Rte66

Si.


259 posted on 07/31/2006 7:46:26 PM PDT by pissant
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To: tdewey10
Lets invade immediately!
260 posted on 07/31/2006 7:46:32 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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