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| I am still a revolutionary, Castro says |
| 2010-08-14 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has celebrated his 84th birthday in style, saying he will remain faithful to his ideas about revolution. "I have not changed," Castro wrote in an article published in state-run media on Friday, AFP reported. The former Cuban president stated that he still believes in the cause of revolution, which brought him to power over 50 years ago. "I will be faithful to the principles and ethics that I have practiced since I became a revolutionary," he said in the celebration ceremony in the Cuban capital Havana. Castro is expected to release his memoirs in August 2010. The book, which includes stories from his childhood, chronicles his victory over pro-US dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959. After his 2006 illness, Castro disappeared from public view and was seen only occasionally in photographs and videos, and formally handed over the presidency of Cuba to his younger brother, Raul Castro, in 2008. However, Fidel Castro is still the First Secretary of the ruling Communist Party of Cuba. The second secretary of the party is Raul Castro. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Yep. He's the reform candidate. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2010-08-14 14:15 |
| #6 Fidel can overthrow the management of the old folks home |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-08-14 12:18 |
| #5 Teeshirtz...get yer Teeshirtz! |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2010-08-14 11:12 |
| #4 Yeah, you're still a revolutionary, your country is still yet another failed communist revolutionary train wreck and your people love it so much that some of them will attempt to flee in shaky boats that I wouldn't take out on a farm pond. Nice job, Fido! May the ghosts of your victims haunt your dreams. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-08-14 10:59 |
| #3 Though he deserved it on Earth, at least Fidel can look forward to an eternity in Hell, surrounded by grinning, US Marine demons, feeding him handfuls of his own fast growing beard and worse. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-08-14 10:49 |
| #2 Ah, Fidel, those were the days. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-08-14 08:04 |
| #1 How is it that the "revolution" that Castro has headed for over 50 years is still not complete, even in Cuba? I would think that after this long, the revolution would be over - either won or lost, but over. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2010-08-14 00:33 |