Even Cubanos are doubting the government & media releases about his condition... prompting me to ask this question.
2006-08-02 00:57:54 · 11 answers · asked by chRisto R 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
well no official word yet but he must be in pretty bad shape to given the power to rule to his brother.
2006-08-02 01:03:16 · answer #1 · answered by knu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fidal castro is still alive..........
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba. He held the title of Prime Minister from 1959 [1], after commanding the revolution that overthrew Fulgencio Batista, until 1976 when he became president of the Council of State as well as the Council of Ministers. Castro became first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in 1965, and led the transformation of Cuba into a one-party socialist republic. As president he also holds the supreme military rank of Comandante in the Cuban military. On July 31, 2006, Castro temporarily transferred duties to his brother Raúl due to illness.
Castro first attracted attention in Cuban political life through his nationalist critiques of Batista and United States corporate and political influence in Cuba. He gained an ardent, but limited, following and also drew the attention of the authorities.[2] He eventually led the failed 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks, after which he was captured, tried, incarcerated and later released. He then travelled to Mexico[3][4] to organize and train for the guerrilla invasion of Cuba that took place in December 1956. Since his assumption of power in 1959 he has evoked both praise and condemnation (at home and internationally).
Outside of Cuba, Castro has been defined by his relationship with both the United States and with the former Soviet Union. Ever since the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961 by the United States, the Castro led government has had an openly antagonistic relationship with the US, and a simultaneous closeness with the Soviet bloc. This was true until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, after which his priorities shifted from supporting foreign interventions to partnering with regional socialist figures such as Hugo Chávez in Venezuela and Evo Morales in Bolivia.
Domestically, Fidel Castro has overseen the implementation of various economic policies which saw the rapid centralization of Cuba's economy - land reform, collectivization of agriculture, and the nationalization of leading Cuban industries. The expansion of publicly funded health care and education has been a cornerstone of Castro's domestic social agenda. Some credit these policies for Cuba's relatively high Human Development Index. [5] Others see Castro and his policies as being responsible for Cuba's general economic depredation, and harshly criticize him for the criminalization of political dissent and free speech.
2006-08-02 08:05:44 · answer #2 · answered by cutepraveen4u 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you doubt the government and media releases, why would you believe anyone on here?
2006-08-02 08:01:58 · answer #3 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-08-02 08:06:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the US haven't invaded and installed a puppet regime, then yes, he is still alive.
2006-08-02 08:01:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
with the power of the Cuban propaganda machine we won't know the truth for a while.
2006-08-02 08:41:00 · answer #6 · answered by Elizabeth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel sure that he is and will return to power there soon, evil dies slowly
2006-08-02 08:04:09 · answer #7 · answered by sealss3006 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you asking me? How would I know?
2006-08-02 08:05:28 · answer #8 · answered by Dave B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And you think the brainics here would know??
2006-08-02 08:02:58 · answer #9 · answered by bicpenitentary 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
of course!!!!i've just heard on the news that he's now a little sick
2006-08-02 08:02:17 · answer #10 · answered by alinutza p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋