Fidel Castro

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:13 pm

What do you thinking is going on in Cuba these days? We are hearing alot of speculation about the state of Castro's health..and whether he is even still alive. Today I heard speculation he is alive, but seriously ill with stomach cancer. This article speaks of how US is planing for Post-Castro cuba

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... e=politics

Okie · Post by **Okie** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:48 pm

Marie5656 wrote: What do you thinking is going on in Cuba these days? We are hearing alot of speculation about the state of Castro's health..and whether he is even still alive. Today I heard speculation he is alive, but seriously ill with stomach cancer. This article speaks of how US is planing for Post-Castro cuba

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... e=politics

I just heard on the news that Fidel is getting better. I am not sure its true. I recall when we helped put him in power. JUst after he got control he ordered thousands of people killed. Any who owned alot of land and took their land to give to his generals. He also had anyone killed and their families if they appeared to be counter revolutionaries. It was still some time before he announced his would be a communist government. After we stopped trading with him there were lots of young people from here went to Cuba to help them work the sugar cane fields.

They also just said that Fidel ordered his military to be alert for the US to invade.

koan · Post by **koan** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:10 pm

When will Fidel Castro die? If you want to, you can place your bets.

Since the Cuban president, one of the world's longest-serving leaders, announced on Monday he was handing power to his brother Raul, online wagering operations have offered action on the communist leader's fate.

BetUS.com posed the question bluntly, giving bettors a chance to pick the month, or the day of the week, that Castro will die.

"We don't want to profit on someone's death. But Castro is unique," said Christopher Bennett, media relations director for BetUS.com.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlene ... ETTING.xml

I like him. I hope he is as well as they say.

Adam Zapple · Post by **Adam Zapple** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:16 pm

I think he is already dead. The announcement won't come until the internal power struggle is over.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:20 pm

I think he is really sick, and had diverticulitis-I don't think he's dead.

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:48 am

Marie5656;360305 wrote: SIZE="3"]What do you thinking is going on in Cuba these days?

It looks to me as though Mr. Castro is about to peg out. That, IMO, is rather a

pity. Hopefully his brother will be capable of sorting out a successor in the time

that *he's* got left.

Post by **spot** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:03 pm

I doubt whether Cuba's commitment to socialism will wobble, given that the alternative is to be eaten alive by Floridians. What I do take exception to is the idea that "the US is planning for Post-Castro Cuba" as opposed to a more reasonable ""the US is planning for Post-Castro Cuban relations".

Fidel's done an impressive job over a long period and at 80 I'm not surprised he's getting past his prime. Just think, without him it could have still been Batista we're talking about this evening. I didn't like Batista at all, he was a corrupt man and corruption has no place running a government.

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:02 am

I have also heard he is in grave condition. I doubt that if there is any change after his death it will be soon. When you have the group think in government, it is hard to change. And I would presume that if he put his brother in charge during his illness, it was because his brother was not going to make any dramatic changes.

I think alot will depend on how the other countries view Cuba in the future.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:34 pm

Isn't his brother going to be the new head honcho? If so it's more post-Fidel that has to be planned for

Post by **spot** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:09 pm

Cuba's not a gerontocracy, and the brother's a caretaker during the times when he's needed. I'm sure Cuba has plenty of up and coming politicians to keep the revolution intact.