Wow, I just heard that the Cuban dictator/presidante announced this morning at 3am that he will not accept his political positions again!

Bring back the Copa Cabana

just heard about it - finally an and to his 49 yr reign - but is it really good with his brother taking over?

he outa there

thus begins the mcdonalization of cuba...

Sad but probably true. I don't think it will be a huge change because his brother Raul is taking over, but he's 76, & after him there will probably be big changes.

Raul is just a puppet, he's going to look the other way,,sad thing about Castro and leaders like him, they do a lot of good, but they start believing they are the only ones who can do it and leave nothing to replace them when they are gone....

*Disclaimer* before anyone wants to start slinging mud...I am a staunch, very red, very left, socialist so yes, my opinion IS biased and I dont pretend otherwise....*

then why are the boats headed to Florida instead of the other way around..

most of the boats that are heading out are relatives of the rich and upper elite that left Cuba after the revolution, in the 90s Castro emptied out his jails and opened the port of Mariel and took advantage of the united states being so close to "clean out" cuba. In the meantime, the rich that fled made a very good life for themselves in the states.
Yeah I know you see the images on tv of poor refugees arriving on the shores of the USA, I grew up in Miami Florida, I bet you dollars to donuts that there is no great immigration wave of Cubans returning to the Islands....even though they've been waiting for Castro to die for 40 years.

Castro might go down as the most successful dictator of all time. That is a lot of years to be in power without getting assassinated.

He was once supported and befriended by the United States. (Just as Sadam H. and Osama Ben Laden was.)

I guess he did not play ball with the big boys. (Just like Sadam H. and Osama Ben Laden.)

I didn't know him personally so I can't say much about him there. He won a revolution and maintained power. He had a lot of enemies I am sure, and a lot of bad press. I will always wonder what the truth about that whole story is.

why would they be waiting for Castro to dies if Castro was as good as you say he was...

it was about time. Now let's see if the cuban people have the balls to crash that anachronic government system.

he was good for the poor, the rich, elite are the ones who want him gone. Prostitution was eliminated, dealing drugs is punishable by death, illiteracy is all but gone, universal health care, too bad for the embargo that crushed cubas tiny economy, it could have flurished, but like Mexico, Cuba is just too damn close to the United States.
In case you dont know the saying goes (Im paraphrasing), too bad for Mexico, if only it wasnt so close to the United States.

i honestly don't see cuba changing, not unless the people rise up



come now, those people were only our "friends" because we wanted to use them for something. we train them, give them weapons, then **** on them later. smart, very smart

he was?...that's not what people tell me who have visited Cuba and that's not what I read...

the revolution served its purpose two decades ago, and it was a good purpose.
I admire the ability of Castro to stand firm against the imperialism, but nowadays it's a system out of date.

Another revolution? Yippee! Another Castro.

No drugs? No prostitution? He's no fun at all. LOL

I hope we dont give cuba the same type of democracy we gave Iraq

Why do you say that? Have you heard something?

I think we should turn Cuba into one big Gambling casino.

Wow! That's a shocker. I've known his name for a long time too.