Castro: The Cuban Model Doesn't Even Work in Cuba

CNN couldn't help putting a slightly different twist on things. Castro said the Cuban model doesn't even work in Cuba. CNN reported that it doesn't work "in some ways" implying that it does work in other ways, ways they kept to themselves in this report.

As this blog has reported even the much praised (by the Left) health care system in Cuba is a fraud.

Now that Castro has admitted that his socialist system is a failure perhaps someone can tell the Democrats. The hard part will be breaking the news to Republicans that Big Brother is a failure——they were so in love with Castro's antigay policies that lead to thousands being imprisoned. Castro, perhaps in fear of his impeding death, even admitted that he was responsible for that.

Old dictator steps down.

Fidel Castro, the dictator who has ruled Cuba with a iron fist, has stepped down from office. The old bastard is basically dying. An indication of how unfree his country remains is that he hands power over to his brother. Castro is one of those politicians that makes Hillary look nice. He is one of those people who deserved to be swinging from a lamp post -- of course in his Cuba the lamp post is probably too derelict to hold the weight and no one would be able to find rope. 

Brother Raul will now be the dictator. He has implied that he would consider some reforms previously rejected by his brother. The one good thing is that Raul is old an old man and can't last long. 

My prediction is that the moment the communists are out of power, which will happen, I believe, within the next 10 years, that Cuba will see an economic miracle. Millions of Cubans have fled the country. And they have built thriving communities with large amounts of capital to invest. The end of communism would mean an influx of successful Cubans to their homeland and a bigger flow of cash into the country. I believe Cuba will see rapid economic growth when this happens.

If the United States government wants to sped up the process they should abandon the short-sighted and counter-productive embargo of Cuba. They should open free trade with Cuba and remove all travel restrictions. The embargo actual inhibits reforms and the death of Cuban socialism. 

Term limits, Marxist style.

The Marxist lunatic (but I repeat myself) who has power in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, doesn't want to see his rule ever end. He has visions of a perpetual dictatorship along the lines of his mentor Fidel Castro (who incidentally is one of the richest "leaders" in the world with a forture estimated at $900 million --- it's nice to see that he can rich off the misery of his people).

Chavez told a rally, those Marxist -- like the old Nazis -- really love their rallies, that the people of voters should be given the option to keep him in office for the next 25 years. "I am going to ask you, all the people, if you agree with Chavez being president until 2031," he said. It's part of the new Marxist desire to limit dictators. They all get just one term in office -- but it's for life.