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Fidel Castro tells Cuba’s Communist Party he will soon die
The Washington Times ^ | April 19, 2016 | Michael Weissenstein/AP

Posted on 04/19/2016 2:31:59 PM PDT by jazusamo

HAVANA — Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro delivered a valedictory speech Tuesday to the Communist Party that he put in power a half-century ago, telling party members he will soon die and exhorting them to help his ideas survive.

“I’ll be 90 years old soon,” Castro said in his most extensive public appearance in years. “Soon I’ll be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban Communists will remain as proof on this planet that if they are worked at with fervor and dignity, they can produce the material and cultural goods that human beings need, and we need to fight without a truce to obtain them.”

Castro spoke as the government announced that his brother Raul will retain the Cuban Communist Party’s highest post alongside his hardline second-in-command. That announcement and Fidel Castro’s speech together delivered a resounding message that the island’s revolutionary generation will remain in control even as its members age and die, relations with the U.S. are normalized, and popular dissatisfaction grows over the country’s economic performance.

Fifty-five years after Fidel Castro declared that Cuba’s revolution was socialist and began installing a single-party system and centrally planned economy, the Cuban government is battling a deep crisis of credibility.

With no memory of the revolution’s heady first decades, younger Cubans complain bitterly about low state salaries of about $25 a month that leave them struggling to afford food and other staple goods. Cuba’s creaky state-run media and cultural institutions compete with flashy foreign programming shared online and on memory drives passed hand-to-hand. Emigration to the United States and other countries has soared to one of its highest points since the revolution.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Cuba; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: castro; communists; cuba; death; deathwatch; dictators; elderly; fidelcastro
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I'll only say Fidel is long overdue and 0bama will be saddened.
1 posted on 04/19/2016 2:31:59 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Rest in Peril.


2 posted on 04/19/2016 2:33:46 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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Fidel Castro tells Cuba’s Communist Party he will soon die

Promises, Promises...

3 posted on 04/19/2016 2:37:27 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: jazusamo

Can we help him along?


4 posted on 04/19/2016 2:38:06 PM PDT by Regulator
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That bottle of wine I have been saving for the day Castro exits this world has been aging far longer than I had hoped, but it will be worth the wait when the time comes.
5 posted on 04/19/2016 2:38:28 PM PDT by rdcbn ("If what has happened here is not treason, it is its first cousin." Zell Milleraere)
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To: smoothsailing

Yep, lets pray he’s finally telling the truth.


6 posted on 04/19/2016 2:38:52 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo

Hey Fidel. I think that the time that is coming for you is going to be different than the time that’s coming for the rest of us. Don’t forget your asbestos underwear.


7 posted on 04/19/2016 2:39:50 PM PDT by Seruzawa (If you agree with the French raise your hand. If you are French raise both hands)
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To: jazusamo

Yeah, Jimmy Carter said the same thing.

Look what happened there!


8 posted on 04/19/2016 2:40:07 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Hey Ted, why are you taking one for the RNC/GOPe team, and not ours? Not that we don't know.)
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Fidel Castro tells Cuba’s Communist Party he will soon die

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Isn’t today Hitler’s birthday? Anniversary of Columbine? Waco siege?

We need some good news today. So how about it Fido?


9 posted on 04/19/2016 2:41:07 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Plan A. Split the GOP. Plan B. Hillary Wins!)
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To: jazusamo

10 posted on 04/19/2016 2:41:29 PM PDT by PROCON
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well, bye bye, repressive communist dictator...

I hope Raul is a wimp, and there is a way for the people to finally overthrow that dictatorship at last and rebuild a prosperous economy...


11 posted on 04/19/2016 2:42:23 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: DoughtyOne

Leftys with gold plated healthcare seem to generally have long lifespans.


12 posted on 04/19/2016 2:42:24 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: jazusamo

And when Castro dies, a little baby will be born who will take his place by shirtting in his diaper.

It’s called The Circle Of Shirtting Your Pants.


13 posted on 04/19/2016 2:42:50 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: PROCON

Yeaahhh!


14 posted on 04/19/2016 2:43:14 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo

GO Fidel, and take Peter King with you


15 posted on 04/19/2016 2:43:23 PM PDT by Jolla
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To: nascarnation

Yes, I tend to agree.


16 posted on 04/19/2016 2:43:24 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Hey Ted, why are you taking one for the RNC/GOPe team, and not ours? Not that we don't know.)
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To: PROCON

Lol! You beat me to it. Well... bye indeed.


17 posted on 04/19/2016 2:44:47 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: Regulator

I thought he would last forever.


18 posted on 04/19/2016 2:45:10 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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Please bump the Freepathon or click above to donate or become a monthly donor!

19 posted on 04/19/2016 2:45:17 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo

This scumbag still being alive is testament to how this nation has been mismanaged since the end of WWII.


20 posted on 04/19/2016 2:46:01 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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