Fidel Castro appears on tv

[Communist]

CASTRO: CUBAN TV SHOWS 1ST VIDEO OF FIDEL IN 14 MONTHS (http://www.agi.it/world/news/200908241216-pol-ren0011-castro_cuban_tv_shows_1st_video_of_fidel_in_14_mon ths)

(AGI) - Havana - 24 Aug. - A Fidel Castro in what seems to be good shape was seen in footage broadcast without any sort of pre-announcement today by the Cuban state TV channel, for the first time in 14 months. It shows an interview which the 'Lider Maximo' gave the day before yesterday to a group of students in Venezuela. The last time the 83-year-old Castro was seen in a video was on June 17, 2008, when he received Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. Fidel was dressed in the same manner, in a track suit and with a thinning beard and head of hair, rather worn out for his age but overall more energetic than what he had seemed in photos over the past few months alongside various Latin America heads of state, the latest being the one on Friday with Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa. Castro told the students that he was concerned over the planet due to global warming. ''Even the Pentagon has become involved in the issue,'' he commented. ''It has included climate among the security threats to the United States. We are faced with very, very serious problems.'' Casto had not appeared in public since the end of July 2006, when he had a delicate operation on his abdomen which forced him to hand over presidential powers to his younger brother Raul.
In February 2008 the 78-year-old Raul became the official president of Cuba.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssxHfo_yRdM

[Radical]

CASTRO: CUBAN TV SHOWS 1ST VIDEO OF FIDEL IN 14 MONTHS (http://www.agi.it/world/news/200908241216-pol-ren0011-castro_cuban_tv_shows_1st_video_of_fidel_in_14_mon ths)

(AGI) - Havana - 24 Aug. - A Fidel Castro in what seems to be good shape was seen in footage broadcast without any sort of pre-announcement today by the Cuban state TV channel, for the first time in 14 months. It shows an interview which the 'Lider Maximo' gave the day before yesterday to a group of students in Venezuela. The last time the 83-year-old Castro was seen in a video was on June 17, 2008, when he received Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. Fidel was dressed in the same manner, in a track suit and with a thinning beard and head of hair, rather worn out for his age but overall more energetic than what he had seemed in photos over the past few months alongside various Latin America heads of state, the latest being the one on Friday with Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa. Castro told the students that he was concerned over the planet due to global warming. ''Even the Pentagon has become involved in the issue,'' he commented. ''It has included climate among the security threats to the United States. We are faced with very, very serious problems.'' Casto had not appeared in public since the end of July 2006, when he had a delicate operation on his abdomen which forced him to hand over presidential powers to his younger brother Raul.
In February 2008 the 78-year-old Raul became the official president of Cuba.

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ssxHfo_yRdM

"Casto had not appeared in public since the end of July 2006, when he had a delicate operation on his abdomen which forced him to hand over presidential powers to his younger brother Raul."

I dont know where this source is from, but Raul was democraticly elected to President. Cuba is a democracy.

- It's good to see Comandante Fidel Castro looking healthy

[OneNamedNameLess]

Castro is looking hip and trendy these days in his designer gear. Seriously though, tbh I don't think Fidel is in good shape. He looks healthy in the video, but anyone who has ever lived with an ageing sick person knows they can perk up and have sharper days. It's in the interests of the Cuban state to portray Castro as a figure of strength.

[The Bear]

he looks like he just got off the running tape :P

[Искра]

Cuba is democracy and I'm Jesus.
Above all, Cuba's the only living example of communism on Earth.
That's way Castro's siting here in his nice sports outfit, while large number of people are living in the slums. Comadante Che Guevara la la la la

[mosfeld]

"Casto had not appeared in public since the end of July 2006, when he had a delicate operation on his abdomen which forced him to hand over presidential powers to his younger brother Raul."

I dont know where this source is from, but Raul was democraticly elected to President. Cuba is a democracy. y

Raul finished Fidel's term after he retired and then got elected, or re-elected, whatever floats your boat, in 2008.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_presidential_election,_2008

[BIG BROTHER]

Castro told the students that he was concerned over the planet due to global warming. ''Even the Pentagon has become involved in the issue,'' he commented. ''It has included climate among the security threats to the United States. We are faced with very, very serious problems.''

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ssxHfo_yRdM

So pretty much Castro is going Green?:confused:

[n0thing]

"Casto had not appeared in public since the end of July 2006, when he had a delicate operation on his abdomen which forced him to hand over presidential powers to his younger brother Raul."

I dont know where this source is from, but Raul was democraticly elected to President. Cuba is a democracy.

- It's good to see Comandante Fidel Castro looking healthy
lol. He was elected by an assembly of "elected" "representatives", who were only legible to run for such a position once they had been properly vetted by state authorities, and deemed acceptable.

The fact-of-the-matter is that Raul was not elected by a national vote, and thus, has no right to govern the nation.

[Magdalen]

Cuba is democracy and I'm Jesus.
Above all, Cuba's the only living example of communism on Earth.
That's way Castro's siting here in his nice sports outfit, while large number of people are living in the slums. Comadante Che Guevara la la la la

I challenge you to find one picture of a shanty town in Cuba.

[mosfeld]

lol. He was elected by an assembly of "elected" "representatives", who were only legible to run for such a position once they had been properly vetted by state authorities, and deemed acceptable.

http://imagemacros.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/hurr_durr.jpg


The fact-of-the-matter is that Raul was not elected by a national vote, and thus, has no right to govern the nation.

Contrary to your simplistic and genuinely boring great man viewpoint, Raul doesn't solely govern Cuba.

For those interested in learning about Cuba's actual electoral system and not n0thing's bourgeois boogeyman-story about the evil and tyrannical Cuban dictatorship can click this (http://www.cubasolidarity.com/aboutcuba/topics/government/0504elecsys.htm) link.

[n0thing]

Contrary to your simplistic and genuinely boring great man viewpoint, Raul doesn't solely govern Cuba.

For those interested in learning about Cuba's actual electoral system and not n0thing's bourgeois boogeyman-story about the evil and tyrannical Cuban dictatorship can click this (http://www.cubasolidarity.com/aboutcuba/topics/government/0504elecsys.htm) link.
Cool pic. You sure your parents want you arguing with strangers over their broadband?

So yeah, lets disregard all the extensively researched human rights reports and base our assumptions on some idiot blogger.

You are not allowed to run for a representative position if you are critical of the Cuban government. In fact, dissent is still against the law, and still punishable with prison time. If George Bush had disallowed critics of his regime from running against him, I don't think anyone would have taken the last American election seriously.

[mosfeld]

So yeah, lets disregard all the extensively researched human rights reports and base our assumptions on some idiot blogger. Like?

I commented on your boring liberalism before (http://www.revleft.com/vb/showpost.php?p=1525992&postcount=19), which you still haven't replied to, which deals with the same things you're moaning about now. Also, as a note, the Cuba Solidarity (http://www.cubasolidarity.com/) is not a blog. I'd suggest you read the site so socialists don't have to deal with your bourgeois misunderstandings of Cuba in the near future.


You are not allowed to run for a representative position if you are critical of the Cuban government.

Yes.. and? I think Lenin sums it up fairly well..

''Freedom of criticism means freedom for an opportunist trend in Social-Democracy, freedom to introduce bourgeois ideas and elements into socialism.''

Why am I not surprised that you most likely shiver over the thought of bourgeois ideals not being able penetrate socialism?


In fact, dissent is still against the law, and still punishable with prison time. Prove it. To quote Fidel..

''Here, no one has ever been imprisoned for being a dissident or because they see things differently from the way the revolution does. Our courts sentence people to prison on the basis of laws, and they judge counter-revolutionary acts.

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The idea that in Cuba we send people to prison for having a belief that's different from the Revolution's is ridiculous. Here, we punish acts, not ideas. There are tens of thousands of people with different beliefs and different ideas from the revolution's, and who still enjoy all the guarantees and all respect.''

And even if Cuban state authorities didn't behave in such a courteous manner towards reactionaries, why should it matter if they get jailed? Why should I, or any socialist for that matter, care if someone who wants to rid Cuba of its progressive gains gets locked up? The only domestic and foreign opposition to the Cuban Revolution are from reactionaries and bourgeois liberals, who are, by not such a surprising coincidence, just like yourself!