Fidel Lives, Apparently. Younger Brother Chomps at Bit.

Well, we thought it was probably just speculation that Fidel Castro had been called up to play shortstop for the Devil's All-Stars, and it appears it was. However, the Miami Herald has a piece today highlighting the fact that Fidel's little brother, 75 year-old Raul Castro, has been taking on a more public persona of late, in an effot, most believe, to bridge a smooth transition from his brother's regime to his.

[From the Hearald]

Raúl, long designated as successor to his 79-year old brother, was the subject of a fawning 6,300-word profile on his 75th birthday, and the government media has reported on his visits to military bases and comments on the island's politics.

While a database search showed the number of media mentions of Raúl has remained constant, one expert Cuba-watcher said the scope and depth of the coverage has changed dramatically -- from close-cropped photos of him at official functions, for example, to wide-angle ''almost heroic'' shots of him reviewing troops in the field.

6,300 words? Goddamn, when did Truecraig move to Cuba? Read the latest PR spin from Cuba's tourist guide.

Thanks to reader Alex and his blog, I Hate Castro, for the update.

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By matthewodam in News on July 14, 2006 11:40 AM 0 Comments

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odam

yea, probably the latter. but everyone knows about the bush thing, and i couldn't find a link to his appearance in germany yesterday (re-aired on daily show) where he dismissively resopnded to questions about the middle east by joking about his dinner. besides, usa today apparently links to this kinda stuff. ok.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2006/07/castros_brother.html

Tim

Why is this pertinent (other than the fact that I love Bananas)? On the evilness charts for world leaders isn't Castro currently charting way below George Bush, and only slightly above that kid in the Montressori who throws toys? How many thousand innocents has he killed this year? The rest of the world has gotten faster, more efficient at killing and torturing. Is he even keeping up with the Jones' next door in Guantonimo? Castro's the old dog. Does he even have his own s version of Yahoo's search engine? Does he have the capability to survey 20% of all phone calls in his country concurrently? I'm sure once he dies the economy and freedom will start cracking open like China, or we'll send in some troops, destabilize the place and end up with Haiti 2. One or the other...