11 July 2010

Maybe soon, if we're lucky

Rico says the guy's only three years older than Rico's father but, with any luck, the old coot will die and we'll get to go there:
New photographs have emerged showing Fidel Castro greeting workers in a rare public appearance. The images of a grey-bearded Castro, 83, smiling and wearing a white tracksuit, offer a rare glimpse of the reclusive former Cuban leader.
Mr. Castro appears slightly stooped but otherwise healthy in the four pictures, which were reportedly taken with a worker's mobile phone. He had not been photographed in public since falling ill in July of 2006.
The latest images, taken at a scientific think tank in Havana, were posted on the blog of two Cuban journalists. They were taken at the National Center for Scientific Investigation in the capital.
A worker at the center reportedly sent the pictures to Rosa Baez, a journalist who works for official Cuban media, who posted them on her blog.
A comment from the unidentified Cuban worker accompanied the images: "He is thin but he looks good, and according to our director, he is very good mentally," it read. Mr. Castro stopped, said hello and blew kisses to the employees, the worker added.
The pictures were also posted on the blog of Norelys Morales, a well-known Cuban television journalist.
Castro had not been photographed in public since being taken ill in July of 2006. He was forced to hand over power- first temporarily, then permanently- to his younger brother Raul, 79. The only updates on his health come from visiting dignitaries who have been able to meet him. Exactly what he suffers from, and where he is recuperating, remain state secrets.
Mr. Castro himself said last year that he did not think he would see Barack Obama re-elected in 2012, although it was not clear whether he was referring to his own life expectancy or the staying power of the US president.
Rico says that, sadly, there are some people he wishes would die sooner rather than later, and Castro is one of them...

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