It's like wildfire. The news about Fidel's 'temporary" handover of power to Raul, and subsequent lack of information, is fanning the flames of speculation. I'm inclined to think this is very serious, and not temporary, given the time frame (several months of rest?) and the fact that Raul has been in the press a lot more leading up to this "intestinal surgery." Some other places to read:
The Florida Masochist has links to other blogs
The NYT has a story that strikes me as funny, because it talks about intestinal bleeding, as if that has much to do with anyone's interest in the story
Of course Granma only has the offical statement, plus the usual anti-imperialist blather.
Posted by binky at August 1, 2006 10:01 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Latin America"If Fidel Castro were to move on because of natural causes, we’ve got a plan in place to help the people of Cuba understand there’s a better way than the system in which they’ve been living under," states President Bush.
Hmmm - I find the charaterization of death as "to move on because of natural causes" to be extremely amusing. Dubya wants us to know that Castro's intestinal problems are definitely NOT the result of arsenic is his food placed by covert US agents I guess...
Posted by: ryan at August 2, 2006 01:05 PM | PERMALINK