>>>>>Fidel Castro just had complicated surgery - has temporarly (for the 1st time ever) relenquished power.
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>>>>>No public statements from Raul Castro as of yet (he's the next in line)...
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>>>>... and, from what I read, he is temporarily in charge right now.
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>>>Yeah that's what I gathered as well. I don't see what everyone down in little Havana in Miami, FL are all cheering about - Raul being in power isn't going to be any different that Fidel in power.
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>>Just a bunch of morons with nothing better to do. It may be time to put the champagne on ice but it is not time to pop the cork yet.
>>Waste of time and effort. Yawn.
>>Call me when he dies, then we'll see what happens.
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>>BTW: How do we know what's really happening? Did they transfer power before surgery because they had to? Or -most likely- they transferred power after the surgery when they knew everything went OK and he was in recovery, just to test the waters and see how the people would take the news?
>>Never believe what a totalitarian government says prima facie (or the media for that matter).
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>When Fidel is no longer in the scene then Raul will take over.
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>With Fidel out of the picture the first thing that Raul will do is to contact the mafia, and invite them to open Gambling Casinos, houses of ill repute, and run drugs. Gee, all the things that caused the revolution in the first place!


I dunno - I think that things there will actually remain pretty much the same. Raul is no different that his brother.


>Well, such things happen with a change of administration. The entire outlook can change so easily.