Alas, there will be much weeping among his fellow travelers, especially the Congressional Democrats from New York.
Ailing leader Fidel Castro says he doesn't intend to cling to power forever, saying in a letter read on state television that he does not want to stand in the way of a younger generation.If you needed any further evidence the whole sham in Bali is nothing more than a scheme to redistribute wealth, having Castro, or whoever wrote this for him, discuss its merits, should put any doubts to rest.
The 81-year-old Castro has not been seen in public since he temporarily ceded his powers to his younger brother Raul 16 months ago after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery. He has not said when — or even if — he will permanently step aside.
"My elemental duty is not to cling to positions, or even less to obstruct the path of younger people, but to share experiences and ideas whose modest worth comes from the exceptional era in which I lived," Castro wrote in the final paragraph of a lengthy letter Monday discussing the Bali summit on global warming.
Castro criticized the ``tenacious obstruction'' of the U.S. in the Bali talks, and said the world's biggest economy ``maneuvered to avoid its isolation, although it didn't change at all the dark intentions of the empire.''The inexorable death march slowly continues. I think they're just trying to figure out the timing and how to crush the inevitable uprising.
The U.S. on the final day of the two-week conference switched from opposition to a compromise text, to acceptance of its contents, after being criticized by delegates from nations including South Africa and Papua New Guinea.
Castro characterized the climate change negotiations as a gathering in which developing nations ``are fighting for their development and are calling for an equitable treatment, financial resources and the transfer of technology from representatives of industrialized nations.''
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