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Castro is going the way of Franco...

Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead!


Posted by The Last Toryboy at January 17, 2007 12:07 AM

There is only one problem with Castro dying: He can only do it once.


Posted by tomWright at January 17, 2007 03:50 AM

Well, I would like to hope that Cuba post-Casto will go the way of Spain post-Franco (ie evolve fairly quickly and peacefully into a normal, modern country) but I think that may be optimistic. Communism can be hard to get out of the national system.


Posted by Michael Jennings at January 17, 2007 11:48 AM

Plus the basic economic reforms were carried out in the last decade of Franco's rule, so, unless Castro gets cracking right away, any sort of similar timeline is more or less inconceivable.


Posted by Gabriel at January 17, 2007 03:53 PM

And does Cuba have a Juan Carlos type figure? I can't think of one.


Posted by Nick M at January 17, 2007 03:56 PM

tomWright,
Dunno. Arafat managed to turn his death into a five act opera. At one point he was in a Schrodinger's cat type state.


Posted by Nick M at January 17, 2007 03:58 PM
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