47 years is a long time to be stuck with anyone... In a marriage, in a job, but especially in the leadership position of governing a communist country (or any country for that matter). Illness has overtaken Dear Fidel to the point where even he must admit that he needs help. What else to do but hand power over to his little brother, the runt, the Destroyer as he has called himself. The drunk, as others have called him. From bad to worse, and that is not easy to do in Cuba.
Our own beloved Bush is preparing avenues to reconnect families that have been unncessarily torn apart for decades. There is some good.. The streets of Florida are filled with celebrations of what is believed to be the beginning of the end of isolation and tyranny.
But there has been some good. Castro started out fighting for the poor in his country. Trained as a lawyer, his grass roots efforts overthrew Batista in 1959.(good) He was prepared to bomb the United States with missiles from Russia. (not so good).
But Fidel is nothing if not a survivor. What is created after he is gone is anyone's guess. After 47 years, I would imagine the opportunity to open borders, participate in free trade, and reunite Cuba with her brothers and sisters around the globe cannot be lost.
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