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The Dictatorship of the Press

Do you notice anything odd the focus of the Associated Press in this "International Human Rights Day" series from Cuba?

Cuban government supporters chant pro-Fidel Castro slogans as the shout down opposition activists, unseen, calling for improved human rights in Havana, Monday, Dec.10, 2007. The dissidents marched to commemorate the Human Rights Day. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)
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Unhappy May Day

Guess who was a no-show at Cuba's annual May Day parade this year? From REUTERS' chief propagandist-on-site, Claudia Daut:

Raul Castro (R), head of Cuba's armed forces and brother of Cuba's President Fidel Castro, and minister of communications Ramiro Valdez wave to the crowd during the May Day parade in Revolution Square in Havana, May 1, 2007. REUTERS/Claudia Daut (CUBA)


Of course, Fidel's got a good 12 hours before the day's up, so who knows what might happen. Until he does show, though, you just know that there's a fresh, plus-sized waterfall of tears over in Caracas right about now...

As a bonus, I'll be doing my best to archive all of the Unhappy May Day celebrations beyond the fold! If Castro is a no-show, as I suspect he'll be, does that mean we can count him once again amongst the dead? Continue reading »
 

Daily Dictator

A man watches footage of a meeting between Cuba's President Fidel Castro and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez last month showed on a Cuban TV in Havana, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007. Cuban leader Fidel Castro called in to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's radio talk show on Tuesday, declaring he's 'more energetic, stronger' and his country is running smoothly without him at the helm.(AP Photo/ Javier Galeano)

Surprise, surprise! Fidel Castro has popped up on fellow dictator Hugo Chavez's (who else?) radio show. Does this mean he's genuinely still not dead? Or is Hugo just dancing for the cameras yet again?
 

Preparing for the Big Announcement?

Man, from the looks of this caption, the press has already begun mourning ol' Addidas Suit:

People walk past an image of Cuba's President Fidel Castro in Havana, Friday, Jan. 5, 2007. Once a mostly a solo performance by Fidel Castro, the leadership of communist Cuba has changed dramatically in the five months since Castro was sidelined by illness, giving new starring roles to other Cubans leaders[sic]. (AP Photo/ Javier Galeano)

Talk about putting lipstick on a pig! "Giving new starring roles to other Cubans?" Hello?! It's a dictatorship, stupid! There are no "leaders" in Cuba that haven't been picked directly by Castro himself, so it's not exactly like you're getting fresh blood in there. Fortunately for the civilized world, all of these Cubans who are suddenly thrust into the spotlight are also geriatric, so the odds do seem to be good that Cuba will be joining the 20th century very soon!

(For more on the deplorable state of Fidel's revolution, I highly recommend checking out the information at The Real Cuba. Nobody has singlehandedly done more to utterly destroy--"sovietize," in my parlance--a nation than Fidel has. Well, other than the Soviets, that is.)

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You can bank on this, folks: Castro is as good as dead. Even if he's on life support in Spain, he ain't gonna be running the show in Cuba any more, and with any luck, when the Geriatric Princes finally decide how they're gonna break the news of his death to the Cuban citizens, it's not gonna be pretty for the ruling elite over there.

It couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of thugs!