quote:HAVANA - Fidel Castro looked alert and healthier during an hour-long interview taped and aired on Cuban television Friday, responding to rumors of his death with a defiant "here I am."
In the first video of the ailing 81-year-old revolutionary seen in more than three months, a pale Castro stayed seated the entire time, spoke slowly and softly and didn't always look the interviewer in the eye. But he appeared to be thinking clearly.
The Cuban leader said he thought the Bush administration could go to war with Iran and bemoaned the high cost of the war in Iraq, but provided no new details about his health, except to say, "Well, here I am."
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So... Uh.. Is that an Adidas Jacket with F. Castro embroidered on it?
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Didn't he ban those sort of things because they are a symbol of the capitalist consumer society?
Way to lead by example there big guy...
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I wonder if he has just gone soft in his old age, or if he plans to go back to the ole' drab green military uniform after he gets all better...
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I noticed that as well.... Apparently he has quite a few other Adidas jumpsuits with the same color scheme... I've already seen three different variations just browsing through pictures taken after he had his surgery.
Maybe he isn't allowed to wear a belt...
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I doubt if Fidel Castro is getting soft. He has shown signs similiar to this over the years but then the real Castro speaks. I just don't believe it's in his bones at least towards the United States.
He is a very intelligent person who loves baseball and sports, but the 60's never helped Castro's relationship with the USA or ours with him.
I am sure 20 to 30 years from now that Cuba will be a real hot spot for many Americans.
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quote:Originally posted by IWISHIHAD: I doubt if Fidel Castro is getting soft. He has shown signs similiar to this over the years but then the real Castro speaks. I just don't believe it's in his bones at least towards the United States.
He is a very intelligent person who loves baseball and sports, but the 60's never helped Castro's relationship with the USA or ours with him.
I am sure 20 to 30 years from now that Cuba will be a real hot spot for many Americans.
Post-Castro Capitalism? Tom Van Riper
quote:Nearly 50 years later, Hyman Roth may finally have it right.
In a scene from The Godfather: Part II set in Havana in 1958, just before Fidel Castro's revolution, the fictional underworld figure, loosely based on real-life mobster Meyer Lansky, licks his chops at the prospect of massive hotel and casino profits he's expecting in a bountiful country run by a business-friendly government.
Just months later, Castro's socialist movement toppled the government, wiping out Roth's dreams of riches.
But now Castro, nearly 80, finally seems to be on his last legs. No one is yet predicting a rush to free-market reform, especially with Fidel's younger brother, Raul, now the government's de facto leader. Still, Raul is 75, so when the transition does happen, look for American providers of energy, tourism, nickel mining and telecom services to cash in.
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