Well, well. So Castro is “retiring.” Call me cynical, but I suppose we’ll soon get news that he’s “peacefully died in his sleep.” Then they’ll put him in a glass display box, like Lenin, the better for his celebrity admirers to be photographed weeping over his corpse. I know how these things go.
(If I still lived in Miami I would have been apprised of this the moment I woke up — though it looks like even the Cuban-American community is sick of Castro — but living in Orlando means I had to find out about this from an Australian blog.)
Update: more from Babalu Blog.
Second update: I suppose I should clarify that I meant the Cuban-American community in Miami seems to be sick of “Castro will be gone real soon now!” news, not to imply that they’d ever been fans of the man. See Steve H. for more.
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February 19th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Even the Cuban-American commmunity is sick of Castro?
I’d been under the impression they’d always hated him and never stopped?
February 19th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
That’s what I meant. So far this news has been greeted by a big “ho-hum, he’s up to more tricks.” The news crews that parked outside Versailles Restaurant in Little Havana were obviously expecting much more excitement.