I posted my comment when the only link offered was a headline on Drudge. I won’t trust Granma farther than I can throw it, with one narrow exception — if they carry a government statement, it’s an authentic government statement. Like Xinhua, or IRNA, or TASS back in the Soviet days.
I couldn’t find the announcement on the international version of the Granma page, and I couldn’t figure out to get to the version offered inside Cuba. But AFP, BBC, CNN, all of whom have a presence inside Cuba, confirm each other’s accounts, so I’m inclined to consider it credible.
See posts 70 and 73.
Granma wouldn’t post ANYTHING negative about dear old Jefe Fidel unless he were already decomposing...
You’re obviously more informed than I am. I was being facetious when I said “grandma”.
Sorry I misled you.