Report: Castro walking, talking, working

[Judi Lynn]

Report: Castro walking, talking, working

Saturday, August 12, 2006; Posted: 10:31 a.m. EDT (14:31 GMT)

HAVANA, Cuba (AP) -- Fidel Castro is sitting up, walking, talking and even working some during his recovery from intestinal surgery that forced him to step aside temporarily as president, the Communist Party newspaper said Saturday on the eve of the leader's 80th birthday.

The report on the front page of Granma was the most optimistic report since the July 31 announcement that Cuba's longtime leader had undergone surgery and was temporarily ceding presidential powers to his brother Raul, the No. 2 in the government.

The paper headlined its three-paragraph story "Firm Like a Caguarian," comparing Castro to a hardwood tropical tree native to eastern Cuba.

Granma quoted an unidentified Castro friend as saying that the president, "after receiving a little physical therapy, took some steps in his room and then, seated in a chair, conversed animatedly." The friend also saw Castro "briefly dispatching some business," the story said.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/08/12/castro.recovery.ap/index.html

[Eurobabe]

1. Meanwhile back at the ranch: Bush babbling, drooling and spitting

(Not that I am any admirer of Castro, just think it is a funny contrast)

[IndianaGreen]

2. Not true, Bush is reading French existentialist Albert Camus

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2452334

[Rufus T. Firefly]

3. Ha!

The article says he made "short work" of it. Meaning he didn't really read it to absorb anything.

I mean, they wouldn't just give him a good line to parrot so he looks smart, right?

[KeepItReal]

6. Does a one page Executive Summary of the Cliff's Notes actually count?

Just a question...

[IndianaGreen]

8. As a past beneficiary of Cliff's Notes, they are way over Bush's head!

Cliff's Notes are a great help in reading a difficult book, but one needs a certain level of intelligence to be able to understand them.

[IndianaGreen]

9. delete

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. i think you mean A;bert Kaymoos. n/t

[wakeme2008]

4. Shit the man is 80 something years old but the MSM and the Cuban Mafia in

Florida expect his to be up and running after major surgery .... :grr:

[Say_What]

13. Well actually, he'll be 80 tomorrow

Viva Fidel!! and many more!

His mother lived to 95. I wouldn't count him out yet.



Alex Castro, son of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, looks a photo exhibit dedicated to the life of his father in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, Aug. 11, 2006. The photo exhibit opened two days before the Cuban leader turns 80.(AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

[uppityperson]

7. Better than bush. He is clearing brush, no worries.

[IndianaGreen]

10. President Chavez arriving in Cuba to visit Fidel

News just broke on MSNBC. Chavez will get to see Fidel in person!

[Say_What]

14. Article: Venezuela President To Travel To Cuba For Castro's Birthday

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Venezuela President To Travel To Cuba For Castro's Birthday

CARACAS (AP)--Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that he will travel to Havana to spend Fidel Castro's 80th birthday with the ailing Cuban leader.

"Tomorrow I will be with Fidel celebrating his 80th birthday," Chavez said in Caracas at a news conference after officially declaring his candidacy to seek re-election in a presidential poll in December. "I'll take him a nice gift, a good cake, and we'll be celebrating the 80 years of this great figure of America and our history," Chavez said.

Castro hasn't appeared in public since July 26, and five days later temporarily transferred power to his brother Raul, citing surgery to repair intestinal bleeding. Cuban officials have released few details about his condition. Chavez, one of Castro's closest allies, said earlier this week that the Cuban leader was in a "great battle for life."

http://www.easybourse.com/Website/dynamic/News.php?NewsID=41227&lang=fra&NewsRubrique=2


Cuba's President Fidel Castro (L) and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (R) look at a statue of a young guerrilla leader legend Ernesto 'Che' Guevara with museum director Ada Ventre as they visit the childhood home of Guevara, the house where he lived and which has now been turned into a museum, in Alta Gracia, Argentina July 22, 2006. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Palacio Miraflores/Handout (ARGENTINA)

[Raydawg1234]

11. American cigar lovers just collectively sighed

[Mika]

12. I suspect that there are a lot of worms squirming over this in Miami.

Also on DU.. as many have invested so much posting time on assuring us & positively insisting that Mr Castro is dead.

Its his birthday tomorrow too.

[Pavulon]

15. Pictures speak louder than words...(nt)

[Mika]

16. Really? Then you'll enjoy these.