Yousuf KARSH Fidel Castro
Rumours are beginning to fly about Fidel Castro Ruz's death.
I guess we'll know more next week... I found a very interesting paper "CUBA'S POST-CASTRO TRANSITION: DEMOGRAPHIC ISSUES A Study Prepared under an Interagency Agreement by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress"(PDF), worth reading if you want to put bets what will happen next!
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday Fidel Castro is "writing, and producing," denying rumors circulating on the Internet that the Cuban leader had died.
Chavez, a close ally of Castro, has frequently provided information about the health of the ailing Communist leader who temporarily stepped aside after undergoing emergency abdominal surgery a year ago.
"On the Internet rumors are circulating that Fidel Castro has died," Chavez said during his weekly Sunday broadcast. "Fidel is producing, he is writing."
Chavez said he had spoken to Castro on his 81st birthday on Monday.
Rumors had surfaced on Friday that Castro had died from complications resulting from his surgery.
Venezuela sends close to 100,000 barrels per day of oil and fuel to the Caribbean island in exchange for the services of doctors and other professionals as part of a cooperation accord.
Mungo Says He Was Thrown Up Against a Wall in Havana and Frisked by the Nice Undercover Men a Few Years Ago. Nice.