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Downing Street says the retirement of Cuban leader Fidel Castro is "an opportunity" for the country to make progress towards democracy.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown's spokesman said he hoped it would lead "to more respect for human rights and the release of political prisoners".
"This is now an opportunity to make progress towards a peaceful transition to a pluralist democracy," he said.
Mr Castro says he will not return to the presidency because of ill health.
He handed over power temporarily to his brother, Raul, in July 2006 when he underwent intestinal surgery.
Will This Mean an End To Communism in Cuba? (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7252109.stm)
W3MIV
02-19-2008, 01:15 PM
I am not sure how much I trust Raul to make the necessary changes, but neither would I rule it out given the state of the Cuban economy. I think, however, that he would probably have to wait until Fidelito is staring up at the sod before doing so.
Then they can erect some big, new monument, give three huzzahs and open up talks with the single largest source of redevelopment funds in the world, sitting only ninety miles north. While Chavez has lots of oil revenues and BS on his side, I don't think Venezuela has the economic muscle needed, and neither do I believe that, once the decision is taken to leave el socialista Paradise behind, so fulsome a linkage with Chavez would prove beneficial in the long run.
Chavez will likely be apoplectic.
The man loved by Socialists, some LIBS and the Hollywood elites.
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/printindividualProfile.asp?indid=912
W3MIV
02-19-2008, 05:09 PM
The man loved by Socialists, some LIBS and the Hollywood elites.
You're jealous. With good reason.
Castro achieved his status as an icon by presenting himself, and not simply parroting the words or opinions of others. Unlike one who posts links to blogs and insipid reports of others, Castro stood on his own hind legs and howled at Hercules. Hercules backed down, too.
You'll never get there.
What an opportunity for Mrs. Bill, if she loses to Barry, they already have socialists heathcare.
W3MIV
02-19-2008, 05:20 PM
What an opportunity for Mrs. Bill, if she loses to Barry, they already have socialists heathcare.
Go back to posting irrelevant links and running away. Your reputation will be better served that way than by posting things like this.
w8gtf
02-19-2008, 05:29 PM
I am not sure how much I trust Raul to make the necessary changes, but neither would I rule it out given the state of the Cuban economy. I think, however, that he would probably have to wait until Fidelito is staring up at the sod before doing so.
There were no pictures or video to go along with this announcement. Who's to say he isn't already helping the sod grow?
W3MIV
02-19-2008, 07:00 PM
There were no pictures or video to go along with this announcement. Who's to say he isn't already helping the sod grow?
That may well be the case. Unless, however, barring an official announcement of his demise, followed by an appropriate period of "national mourning" during which Raul can consolidate power and work sub rosa to actualize a transition, it is meaningless to hypothesize.
KG4JYD
02-19-2008, 07:34 PM
The situation in Cuba is the result of 110 years of bad US foreign policy.
The obsolete embargo should be lifted and we should flood them with our dollars and our tourists. That will change their culture and their society from the ground up.
AE6IP
02-19-2008, 09:42 PM
The situation in Cuba is the result of 110 years of bad US foreign policy.
The obsolete embargo should be lifted and we should flood them with our dollars and our tourists. That will change their culture and their society from the ground up.
Out of the mouths of babes...
No wonder the LIBS have brain rot, reading the NY Slimes on Castro.
http://newsbusters.org/node/19318/print
KG4JYD
02-19-2008, 10:13 PM
Out of the mouths of babes...I'm not a babe...
W3MIV
02-19-2008, 11:04 PM
I'm not a babe...
He was being generous.
W4INF
02-19-2008, 11:23 PM
Will This Mean an End To Communism in Cuba?
No, because we still have GTMO, our own little communist island. :(
Glad to see him go.
More importantly, I'm glad to see him go this way.....................
KG4JYD
02-20-2008, 03:59 AM
Will This Mean an End To Communism in Cuba? (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7252109.stm)Cuba never had communism... :rolleyes:
Yes you're right. Cuba is a failed Libertarian state. :D
From the linked to article by BBC News:
Anyone hoping that Fidel Castro's departure from the political scene would bring about the end of the communist regime was disappointed, the BBC's Nick Miles reports.
"Teflon Tyrant"...
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.aspx?GUID=1108FA89-5019-4FE5-A2FA-612C1B38C9D5
KG4JYD
02-20-2008, 04:24 PM
Yes you're right. True communism cannot exist as a dictatorship. :rolleyes:
WA3KYY
02-20-2008, 08:25 PM
Just because he's stepping down does not mean he's going away. He has made it very clear that he will resist any efforts to undo socialism as he has set it up in Cuba. While Raul may make a few small efforts to open up society, especially in the areas of self employment, they will only be small efforts while Fidel is still living. Surprisingly, there are Socialist hardliners in the younger set, 30s and 40s, with political power such as Foreign Minister Filipe Roque while those in the generation after the Castro brothers are interested in experimenting with the type of capitalism China and Vietnam are experimenting with. Carlos Lage, Raul's likely choice for the #2 slot in the government and therefore his annointed successor, is one in that next generation who favors limited experiments with capitalism and led the reforms that staved off the collapse of the Cuban economy in the 90s.
"Castro not a President"....
http://newsbusters.org/node/19350/print
KU0DM
02-21-2008, 03:17 PM
Quote David Lettermen:
Experts say he'll either be succeeded by his brother, Raul, or by his idiot son Fidel W. Castro
They had this quoted in The Kansas City Star :p:D
k4kro
02-21-2008, 05:02 PM
Castro has been dead for years. This is just a variation on the old "The cat is on the roof" joke.:)
Good riddance to bad rubbish!
True communism cannot exist as a dictatorship. :rolleyes:
Matt do you really believe that crap you type everyday??
From the CIA Factbook:
CUBA
Government type: Communist state
KD6NIG
02-21-2008, 06:20 PM
Perhaps Raul will do enough to make relations better so that people who illegally import Cuban Cigars won't be felons, at least.....
They got all over Arnold supposedly having one somewhere recently.....
KG4JYD
02-21-2008, 09:15 PM
Matt do you really believe that crap you type everyday??Cuba is communistic like the United States is a pure free market economy. :rolleyes:
Cuba is communistic like the United States is a pure free market economy. :rolleyes:
You really should get a job editing the CIA Factbook Matt. They need someone to save their sorry *sses.
:D:D
KG4JYD
02-23-2008, 01:33 AM
They need someone to save their sorry *sses.
Tell me about it...
Don't worry. You're in the same boat as far as most of us here are concerned.
:D
KG4JYD
02-23-2008, 02:52 AM
You're in the same boat Was that a Cuban joke? :p