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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: Calpernia

NICE!!


381 posted on 07/31/2006 9:22:04 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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To: dfwgator
"Weekend at Fidel's"

ROFL!

382 posted on 07/31/2006 9:26:52 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (John Bolton for Secretary of State)
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To: ArmstedFragg
All is bright red at Drudge.

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383 posted on 07/31/2006 9:26:58 PM PDT by jdm
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To: Caramelgal
I hope I live to see this dream become a reality.

You won't, at least on the MSM. They've been building up Castro for so long, showing a free Cuba would reveal them as the liars they are.

384 posted on 07/31/2006 9:28:36 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: burzum

I can only understand every 400th word. Estados unidos, Miami-Dade, Castro, Raul, Havana, aqui, lo mismo, solamente, el tiempo, y como toro, intestinal, Ninoska pro libertidad de Cuba, and then there is an elderly Anderson Cooper who is named "Redaccion." Oh, and there's the pretty lady again! She is also named "Redaccion."

When I first turned it on, I thought that meant "Correction" and they were showing old footage of Fidel with Pope John Paul ... I thought they were "taking back" an announcement of Fidel being in heaven with JP now, lol.


385 posted on 07/31/2006 9:29:12 PM PDT by Rte66
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To: rdl6989
There is a good running thread at Noticiero Digital, the Venezuelan equivalent to Free Republic. You need to be able to read Spanish though (or put up with a computer translation). You should also note that ND has a more liberal policy on profanity and sometimes very strong images (i.e. rarely showings things like the victims of terrorism or chavista crime squads). View discretion is advised.
386 posted on 07/31/2006 9:29:23 PM PDT by burzum (Despair not! I shall inspire you by charging blindly on!--Minsc, BG2)
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To: statered
What kind of idiot has a Karl Marx avatar?

That, would be the DUmmy and HINO (Hoosier In Name Only) by the screen name of Indiana Green. I'll bet that he/she/it lives in/near Bloomington, home of Indiana University and the only place in the state (to my knowledge)with a Greens Party presence.

387 posted on 07/31/2006 9:30:44 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: rodguy911
The line on Raoul is that he is weaker than Fidel and also a drunk.

Everything I have ever read, and heard about Raoul suggests the opposite, to the point that Fidel has to often control him.

He is more of a hard liner then Fidel, and has consolidated his power base strongly.

He also, unlike his brother, takes a more "personal" route in torture and executions and runs the secret state machine with all the horror it encompasses.

He is a psycho, much like Husseins sons.

388 posted on 07/31/2006 9:33:38 PM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: All

Cuban-Americans celebrate outside the Versailles restaurant Monday, July 31, 2006, in the 'Little Havana' section of Miami, after hearing the news about Fidel Castro's health. Cuban officials announced Castro had temporarily relinquished power to his brother Raul and undergone surgery for an intestinal illness. . (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)


389 posted on 07/31/2006 9:34:07 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......Help the "Pendleton 8' and families -- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
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My friend used to live all over Mexico and still keeps up with the different media sources she had. She told me 2-3 weeks ago that word was around that he had died. I didn't believe her b/c I assumed that if it was around, the mainstream media would pick up on it. Who knows??


390 posted on 07/31/2006 9:36:37 PM PDT by GOPyouth (De Oppresso Liber! The Tyrant is captured!)
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To: andyssister
I know nothing about Raoul, but I'm pretty sure Morris is a world-class jackass.

Morris is being an optimist.

Raoul is more of a hard liner and a stronger believer in the marxist garbage then Fidel is.

And from his repuation and experience running the state machine, and his more hands on role, appears to have a "stronger stomach" then Fidel.

Take Fidel, make him more sadistic, more hands on cruel, lessen the ego, and multiply lack of respect for life and multiply the dedication to stalinist marxism, and you have Raoul.

391 posted on 07/31/2006 9:36:59 PM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: NormsRevenge
They have a live video of these celebrations (switched to a police press conference about these celebrations) here (click the live Webcast part).

Note: I don't like to celebrate anyone's death, but Fidel's death may mean freedom for millions (unlikely, but I hope).

392 posted on 07/31/2006 9:40:52 PM PDT by burzum (Despair not! I shall inspire you by charging blindly on!--Minsc, BG2)
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To: tdewey10

Yep, he's in very poor health and has internal bleeding.


393 posted on 07/31/2006 9:42:04 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc. 10:2)
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To: NormsRevenge

Photos like that are an MSM nightmare come true. I love it when a plan comes together.


394 posted on 07/31/2006 9:42:53 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

Raul looks lots older than his older brother. He looks pretty sick himself.


395 posted on 07/31/2006 9:43:58 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc. 10:2)
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To: TaxRelief

O Great! We are getting bbq Pork next week. should I worry now? LMAO!


396 posted on 07/31/2006 9:45:28 PM PDT by Lovergirl (Once a SnowFlake always a SnowFlake. (We stand by you, Israel))
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To: burzum
Soon there will be elections in Cuba!!

However, I would prefer if the Exile community living in the US could vote in any future elections.
397 posted on 07/31/2006 9:45:57 PM PDT by trumandogz
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

I hear what you are saying but I hope you are wrong. I think the MSM is not as powerful as they like to think they are. And those they influence with their garbage are weak minded and therefore weak willed as well.

There is a very large, passionate, patriotic Cuban exile community and their supporters across this country, and not only in So Florida, who have been waiting a long time for such a moment.

Perhaps I am naïve but I’ve always thought that with Castro’s death the cult of his personality dies with him and therefore the strangle hold on this nation that he’s too long enjoyed.

I think without him, there remains little will among the people to continue to live this way. The system will emplode and hopefully a better way will take hold.


398 posted on 07/31/2006 9:46:39 PM PDT by Caramelgal (There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.)
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To: tdewey10

This just in: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead!


399 posted on 07/31/2006 9:51:11 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (What did Rather know and when did he know it?)
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To: cmsgop
My Name is Raul and Chicks Dig Me....

The sad thing is that with his money and power, many do.

400 posted on 07/31/2006 9:51:27 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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