Fidel Castro Resigns as Leader of Cuba
 

I didn't want to post the story, because it has a decidedly U.S.-centric propagandaish flavor, but the Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, resigned this morning. His Brother, Raul, who has been the temporary leader of the country since fidel underwent surgery for diverticulitus some time ago, is expected to be voted in as the new leader. The US embargo on the country will remain in place.

I really don't want to get mired in the politics of it all, I do have some opinions on this, but what a big change for that country. This guy has been in power since the 60's and is a huge anti-american icon. The real question is how will Raul handle things?

It was too big a story to not say anything....but let's not let this thread get all mucked up with politics, ok?

I wonder how you want to stay away from the politics in this topic - we should discuss what instead, Cuban cigars being imported to the US again?

About the topic - i seriously doubt Raul will be much different.

And what happens when Raul also goes?

They say that there's a chance Cuba will normalize reltationships with the US. I mean, this sort of thing made sense in the 60's, with the red scare and the Cuban Missle Crisis. But now, Communist countries are the least of our worries (unless you count China's economic growth, which will soon ruin us all).

Since the end of the Cold War and the end of Soviet propping up of Cuba, Castro has fallen into near-irrelevance, far from the glory days of the 1970's when Cuban agents skyjacked civilian passenger jetliners and sent soliders to various African nations to slaughter the natives.

Castro trivia: Contrary to popular myth, Castro was a great athlete but not a particularly great baseball player, so the idea that he could have had a great baseball career is quite unlikely.

More Castro trivia: Despite popular belief, Castro loves to paper mache' stuff.

He also poses nude down at the learning annex on Thursday nights. I guess he really does like to share everything, huh?