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  • Luv Ya, Fidel! CBS Says Cubans 'Shook Up' By Castro's Hand-Over of Power

    08/01/2006 5:22:32 AM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 93 replies · 2,221+ views
    CBS-Early Show/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    view edit Posted by Mark Finkelstein on August 1, 2006 - 08:09. In Miami, Cuban-Americans were literally dancing in the street at the prospect that the repressive regime of Fidel Castro might finally be drawing to an end. But back in Cuba, people greeted the news of the great liberator's illness with dismay. At least they did according to CBS News' woman-on-the-spot. On this morning's Early Show, CBS ran a brief clip of a phone interview with Portia Siegelbaum, a CBS News producer based in Cuba. Here is the entirety of her report: "The news of Castro's illness was most...