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Caribbean-Latin America
Cuba's communist government sends message of continuity
2006-08-04
Cuba's communist government sent a clear message to its people Thursday: Nothing is going to change. "The revolution will continue" was the mantra chanted on state-run television and displayed in government newspapers three days after Fidel Castro temporarily ceded power to his younger brother Raul while recovering from surgery.
"¡La Revolución es estable! Viva larga la Revolución!"


“The revolution will continue...”
The acting president was still nowhere to be seen. Nor was the elder Castro, who turns 80 on Aug. 13. Yet the news media — all are run by the state — lined up Cubans to express confidence both in Fidel Castro's ability to recover quickly and in Raul Castro's competence to govern in the meantime. "Certain of your rapid recovery, always toward victory!" a graduating class of Interior Ministry cadets chanted in a collective greeting to Fidel Castro, published on the front page of the Communist youth newspaper Juventud Rebelde. "Every Cuban trusts Raul, and every one of our leaders," an unnamed woman said on state television's midday broadcast. "We are certain that the revolution will continue."
Posted by:Fred

#11  AP-

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!! I can just PICTURE that....

Mike

Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2006-08-04 12:58  

#10  "The revolution will continue"

You have to believe that the average Joe Cuban has to be fed up of endlessly hearing that shit.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2006-08-04 11:22  

#9  JM's like a Van de Graaff generator. It takes a while to charge up, then, BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZAPP!!!! [*ozone smell*]
it goes off, followed by another charging cycle.

Alimentary, dear Watson.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-08-04 11:15  

#8  Question is. Is this Joe on his meds or Joe off his meds?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-08-04 11:04  

#7  Funny thing is, every once in a while I stumble on a Joe-ism that I can actually follow too. Of course, I begin to question myself, and then, he never fails to live up to his old standards and all is restored, lol! Just give him a few hours, as he's in Guam, it'll be a while before he wakes up and starts posting again.
Posted by: BA   2006-08-04 10:55  

#6  Ok who are you and where is Joe. :)
Posted by: djohn66   2006-08-04 08:31  

#5  No, that's Joe. I guess he must be on some new meds this morning
Posted by: Steve   2006-08-04 08:04  

#4  Can't be Joe. No random capitalizations, and sounds like a direct quote from Radio Havana.
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2006-08-04 07:50  

#3  Me too, I don't think it's Joe ;)
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2006-08-04 05:22  

#2  Something must be wrong with me. I understood every word of that.
Posted by: gorb   2006-08-04 04:00  

#1  "The decadent Americans will utterly fail in their mad imperialist efforts to prevent hams from being imported for our great leader. Your glorious starvation in the name of Socialism goes on, and will be protected by our invincible People's Army. As usual, anyone attempting to eat a full meal without permission of the State is a capitalist traitor.That is all".
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-08-04 03:29  

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