Alert: Castro Relinquishes Power To His Brother

Posted by on 7/31/2006

Fidel Castro announced Monday night in a letter read by his secretary live on state television that due to illness he was temporarily relinquishing the presidency to his brother and successor Raul, the defense minister.

In the letter read by his secretary Carlos Valenciaga, Castro said he had suffered gastrointestinal bleeding, apparently due to stress from recent public appearances in Argentina and Cuba, and had to undergo an operation.

National News

10 Comments.

  1. Robert 7/31/2006 at July 31, 2006 - 10:28 PM

    I certainly hope Raul is just as popular with the American Left as Fidel. After all, they have for years thought he was just the ideal benevolent leader of the island paradise of Cuba!

  2. Rocky Lore 8/1/2006 at August 1, 2006 - 03:30 AM

    I wonder when SF Liberal will be here to praise Castro.

  3. BonBon 8/1/2006 at August 1, 2006 - 12:36 PM

    It will be interesting to see who in Hollywood goes to his funeral.

  4. Mike Kilo 8/1/2006 at August 1, 2006 - 01:23 PM

    Wasn’t his brother’s name Dennis Castro?

    (5 points for the first to get the reference)

  6. Alyssa 8/1/2006 at August 1, 2006 - 01:41 PM

    To elaborate….the conversation about rolling the cigars.

  7. Mike Kilo 8/1/2006 at August 1, 2006 - 01:48 PM

    hehe

    5 points for Alyssa! The dominicans ended up rolling crepes at the Magic Panda, Izzy Mendelbaum’s place!

  8. Alyssa 8/1/2006 at August 1, 2006 - 01:57 PM

    They were rolled too tight and they kept squirting everyone. Oh my god, I love that episode. :lol:

  9. Alyssa 8/1/2006 at August 1, 2006 - 01:57 PM

    Sorry, I’ll stay on topic now.