02 September 2011

CUBA: Fidel Death Rumors Return...After Columns And Appearances Vanish.

      AP / P.HAVEN

     "(Fidel) Castro has not appeared in public since a key Communist Party meeting in April when he seemed unsteady and unusually frail.
     He has also virtually stopped writing his trademark opinion pieces and didn't make a statement or release a photograph on his 85th birthday in August."
     The normally prolific Castro has published just a single opinion piece since 26 May...when he called Hugo Chavez's initial chemo a success.
     Twitter is alive with rumors about Fidel's demise.
     And...the Habanistas are having a field day.
     But the Cuban government is...silent.
     "Whatever you think of him, this man has a life force which is formidable," says Cuba expert A.L. Bardach. "We're not dealing with a normal mortal here. If there is ever going to be somebody who never dies, it's him."