Castro resigns as president, state-run paper reports »
Posted by: Aidenag 6 months, 1 week ago251 Comments Report this Story
Fidel Castro announced his resignation as president of Cuba and commander-in-chief of Cuba's military on Tuesday, according to a letter published in the state-run newspaper, Granma.
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capecoralM6 months, 1 week ago
During the six-day trial in Federal Court in Miami, sixteen witnesses testified that Mederos tortured them at a Havana psychiatric hospital between 1968 and 1978 simply because they expressed disapproval of Fidel Castro's communist government. Judicial Watch represents several of the victims in a criminal case against Castro before the Belgian Royal Courts for "crimes against humanity." Mederos' victims gave compelling testimony of how he used electro-shock treatments and insulin shots to torture victims with no record of psychiatric illness, in order to carry out Castro's totalitarian program of repression.
Among those who gave gripping testimony that left the jury in tears was Belkis Ferro, who was only 15 years old when Mederos tortured her with electro-shock treatments and insulin shots. Belkis was deemed a "rebellious teenager" and was punished for denouncing Castro's oppressive regime at school.
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Blackacereturn6 months, 1 week ago
Neopjile- You have to respect that. I wonder what that country would have been like if the US didn play hard ball with them aster the civil war. Most people don't know that CHE and Castro came to the US and the US turned them away, this is when they went to the USSR for help. I am against his politics but i admire his balls!
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DropkickaLib6 months, 1 week ago
Burn, burn in Hell, Fidel! Now God can deal with him! St. Peter says, "To the Wall!"
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ecotourusa6 months, 1 week ago
he's probably dead or near death as you say. I doubt if there will be much change, though.
there was already a transference of power in July 2006. have you seen any changes?
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gamahuche6 months, 1 week ago
Ah Bronxie! Happy to say that I never went too long without one!
EVEN in the US..
Recently I got a care package from some English friends who were over there on a visit. A hand-rolled matured beauty - alas not rolled on the inside ot a sultry beauty's thigh but by the hotel guy where they stayed.
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PsychoHosebeast6 months, 1 week ago
Only after we invade Cuba and force democracy down their throats like they're a $2 crack wh*re at a bus station.
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IcCaRus6 months, 1 week ago
no, what chavez TRIED to do was get the power to be elected "for life" but he failed. and as im sure you dont know, he actually respected the outcome of the vote.
your drek gets ssoooo old DK, ya think that every once in a while you could actually inject something thoughtful into a thread?
i mean the only purpose you serve is making juvenile remarks, that show no adult thought process or reason. on the other hand, we think you are great comic relief, but even a bad comedian knows when to leave the stage.
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getreal16 months, 1 week ago
Their just swapping over leaders and you can bet it will stay in the family.
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joeblowe6 months, 1 week ago
If our state department has ANY freaking brains there at all, there is ALREADY someone on Cuba - or on the way - to talk to Raul. MAYBE he isn't quite as dense as Fidel. Anyway, regardless of that it offers an opportunity to normalize relations with one of our closest neighbors. Which I can't help but think would be a GOOD thing.
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Jaydee406 months, 1 week ago
They have already proven that they don't need US support or approval. Cuba has become a recognized vacation spot and has made vast improvements in their economy. Some will say about the slums and poverty but look around and those can also be found on Jamaica, Dominican Republic or any other Caribbean Island.
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DropkickaLib6 months, 1 week ago
Really? Is that why they are driving Chevy's from the 1950s?
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BB646 months, 1 week ago
Joe, that's not as easy as you would think. That embargo was put into place by JFK. There is a full set of things that need to be done prior to this. Removing Castro and his dictatorship is only a part of it. There were millions stolen by the Cuban government from American business by the seizure of their assets. Along with that, you've got a huge population of Cuban exiles. We will need to make sure they get their property back too. Fidel and Raoul are only a small part of this.
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joeblowe6 months, 1 week ago
Now you are talking about reviewing OLD wrongs. The way to make this work is to take a fresh start approach. What's gone is gone, and I doubt it'll ever be recovered. Shall we give back the Amerinds EVERYTHING that was taken from them? Let's not. I STILL don't want to live in a teepee. And I sure don't want to move back to Europe.
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IcCaRus6 months, 1 week ago
no matter what any1 wants, thats never gonna happen. the mob, coca cola, and even rich exiles... none will ever get anything back. how many jews got their property back after WW2? almost none, itll be the same with cuba. not agreeing with it, just stating the fact.
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THOMNH626 months, 1 week ago
wow,
don't admire his policies, but I certainly admire his stamina. CIA attempts on his life, the Bay of Pigs...
Your an idiot, Talk to the starving people there and ask them about how they admire him, his a dictator, a killer, just like Chavez and all the rest. It is exactly we will have with Hillary
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BB646 months, 1 week ago
I agree with the sentiment but the Cuban people need to make that choice for themselves. Castro should be charged by the international courts before he dies listing his various crimes against humanity. Too bad the UN is too busy creating laws targeting Israel and not looking a little closer to home.
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nikkibabe6 months, 1 week ago
How can Castro be different from Bush? If Castro tortured his captives, so did Bush and he still has 10 months left. Actually Bush went a step further. He ordered kidnapping unsuspecting people off the streets in various parts of the world, holed them up in CUBA and tortured them.
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