Castro turns 81 out of sight but still present
HAVANA (Reuters) - As Fidel Castro turns 81 on Monday, Cuba watchers see the ailing leader fading into a role equivalent to China's Mao Zedong as his successors grapple with the need to reform the economy while preserving the Communist state.Considering Cuba doesn't have an economy, that'll be a neat trick. The state runs everything, poorly I would add, and Communism is incongruous with free-market capitalism.
Castro has been out of sight for a year, but not out of mind, thanks to regular newspaper columns dispatched from a secret medical facility.Yes, a lot of good U.S. capitalism has done, between feeding the world and being the desired destination of choice for the world's poor, including most of the forlorn residents of the island prison.
He spends his time "meditating in depth on the vital problems that threaten our species today," Castro wrote recently, calling U.S. capitalism a threat to human survival.
The bearded revolutionary, who once toyed with the idea of abolishing money in a classless society, was forced to hand over power to his brother Raul last year after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery.I just threw up a bit in my mouth.
His illness is secret and his life private. Even his age is debatable. Some say Castro is a year younger than his birth certificate because the document was altered to get the bright boy into school earlier.
This sycophantic drivel continues for three pages.
Reuters should be embarrassed.
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