Castro: Still hanging on
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
According to the morning Stratfor morning intelligence brief Cuban (do I call him president?) Fidel Castro was shown today in a recorded interview on Cuban television. To dispel rumors that he is dead he held a copy (like a hostage) of US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan’s new book.
Why does it matter if Castro is still clinging onto life, the government there is not legitimate. I’m surprised that the Cuban people allowed Castro to pass on power to anybody. Castro seized power of Cuba through revolution and typically the people will eventually overthrow that ‘government’ when the ‘leader’ can’t rule anymore.
Life in Cuba is not great right now. It is so bad that their people actually risk their lives daily by getting into black inner tubes and drift their way through shark infested waters to Florida. I always got a kick out of the law that says something like if they make it to our shores we can’t deport them. What a smack in Castro’s face!
In the next few years there will most likely be an overthrow in Cuba and the US will have to make some decisions. Our next president will have to decide whether to help Cuba out and have a strong relationship with the little island or to keep things the way they are.
Personally I hope the US befriends post-Castro Cuba. It would be nice to see the people there driving cars that were made after 1950. It would also be nice to go on vacation there!
