My favourite dictator is teetering towards his inevitable demise. I don’t want to anticipate it too much, though, because he could hang in there for a while. But intestinal problems often get complicated, especially for older people.
Brother Raul is 75 years old and finally has a chance at the top job. He must be the only person in the world who really, really understands how Prince Charles feels.
Fidel’s real successor isn’t Raul, though, it’s Hugo Chavez. Socialist Cuba won’t survive the end of Fidel, but Venezuela is already a huge thorn in the USA’s side and that’s the main role Cuba has played. Though, in reality, since the fall of the USSR, any “threat” posed by Cuba is strictly in the mind of the US politicians and those right-wing Cuban nuts down in Florida, whose votes carry the state. Now the USA can focus on Venezuela as the “threat” in their backyard.
Havana is a funky place. I think it’s a shame that in a matter of months it will be buried in McDonald’s and Starbucks, just like the rest of the world.
Brother Raul is 75 years old and finally has a chance at the top job. He must be the only person in the world who really, really understands how Prince Charles feels.
Fidel’s real successor isn’t Raul, though, it’s Hugo Chavez. Socialist Cuba won’t survive the end of Fidel, but Venezuela is already a huge thorn in the USA’s side and that’s the main role Cuba has played. Though, in reality, since the fall of the USSR, any “threat” posed by Cuba is strictly in the mind of the US politicians and those right-wing Cuban nuts down in Florida, whose votes carry the state. Now the USA can focus on Venezuela as the “threat” in their backyard.
Havana is a funky place. I think it’s a shame that in a matter of months it will be buried in McDonald’s and Starbucks, just like the rest of the world.
Viva la revolucion, baby.
1 comment:
I thought of you when I heard the bit about fidel on the radio this morning
hang in there, fidel!
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