Jul 31 2006
Castro has surgery
Cuba’s Castro has operation, delegates power HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel Castro underwent intestinal surgery on Monday and delegated government functions provisionally to his younger brother Raul Castro, the government said in a televised statement signed by the Cuban leader.
Castro, who turns 80 on August 13 and has led Cuba since a 1959 revolution, delegated his posts as first secretary of the ruling Communist Party, commander in chief of the armed forces and president of the executive council of state to his brother.
It is difficult for me to wish ill upon another human being. That just is not in my nature. As much as I dislike George W. Bush, Tom DeLay, Jerry Falwell and a few more of my least favorite people on the planet, I have never wished them ill. However, in the case of Fidel Castro, I may be convinced to make an exception.
