It would have been nice to see him hang on longer, just to make the State Department even more mad, but Fidel Castro has announced today that he will not seek another term as the President of Cuba.
It is my sincere wish that this marks the beginning of the end of the American embargo against the country south of Key West. It has never posed a serious threat to US interests, at least since the termination of the Cuban Missile Crisis. More significant is that is managed to do what the Americans are incapable of doing: Providing top rate, universal medicare -- at about 1/30th the cost of the broken American system.
Castro proved to be a good friend to every Canadian PM except PMS -- and I think it's that bridge that will prove valuable as the barriers eventually come down. When it comes time for contracts to rebuild the country, it will be Canadians and EU firms that get first dibs, not the Americans.
Like Martha Stewart says, that's a good thing.
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well said...no matter what one says about the old man, Cuba is in better shape, than any U.S. backed or otherwise country in central and south america, its social services, education and health care, are second to none, I just hope, those who would relish and lick their lips at the return to the old days, dont succeed..to let Cuba evolve on its own, not the catastophioc way the soviets did, but the chinese style..a little bit at a time...but if I know my american friends, I do believe they will try everything to destroy any chance at that, the way they did with niceragua, stick their nose where it does not belong and destroy the infrastructure, and make it the poorest country in central and south america...
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