http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080219/NEWS28/245619...
... Of course he wants to hand the reins (reign's) over to his brother Raul, who by most accounts is even more ruthless than Fidel, so Im not going to predict much change for the average cuban...
"Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte was emphatic that the current economic sanctions would remain. "I can't imagine that happening any time soon," he said when asked whether the Bush administration would lift the blockade."
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1947295020080219?sp=true
So the harsh economic blockade continues, even though it serves only to hurt the Cuban people and to reinforce Castro's continuing rule. All for a bunch of votes in south Florida! How tragic for the Cuban people!
China (Evil Communist Dictatorship) = Good
Cuba (Evil Communist Dictatorship) = Bad
...back unless he is terminally ill. I can't imagine him allowing Cuba to be any other way than it is unless he is no longer able to "steer" it.
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