According to the AP, Fidel Castro says he won't accept a new term. That might be a surprise to some, but not to those of us who study news photos of the old dictator. To me, it's been obvious for some time that the el Jeffe wants to devote more time to his tennis game.
Here's the funny part though:
Castro's supporters admired his ability to provide a high level of health care and education for citizens while remaining fully independent of the United States. His detractors called him a dictator whose totalitarian government systematically denied individual freedoms and civil liberties such as speech, movement and assembly.
What??? High level of health care? Then why did they fly in a surgeon from Spain when Castro faced a health crisis? And high level of education? Really?
Being from the AP you'd expect some shading of the truth, but this is a bit much. Especially since they already let el gato out of the bag with this paragraph:
The resignation opens the path for Raul Castro's succession to the presidency, and the full autonomy he has lacked in leading a caretaker government. The younger Castro has raised expectations among Cubans for modest economic and other reforms, stating last year that the country requires unspecified "structural changes" and acknowledging that government wages that average about $19 a month do not satisfy basic needs.Ah well, who needs basic needs?
***Update:
Look in those eyes. They boldly declare, "I'm healthy, alert, and
I'm ready to shoe-box golf ball, finding water out of here."
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