New Video of Castro Released
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Steven Taylor | Sunday, June 3, 2007 |
Via the BBC: Cuba shows new images of Castro
Cuban TV has shown brief video images of President Fidel Castro meeting the head of the Vietnamese Communist Party, Nong Duc Manh.[...]
These were the first video images for four months.
He is shown in a tracksuit, standing, and appearing less frail than in previous official images - and fit enough to give his guest a warm hug.
Of more significance:
Many Cubans assume that that is the way things will remain, with Fidel Castro in an elder statesman role, far less visible than he has been for most of his 48-year rule of Cuba.
As such, the transition away from Castro is underway, and perhaps already 3/4th complete. The next key moment will be when the rest of the leadership linked directly with the Revolution dies off.
About the Author: Steven is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Troy University in Alabama. He is the author of the book Voting Amid Violence: Electoral Democracy in Colombia, forthcoming from University of New England Press and the contributing editor on Colombia to the Library of Congress’s Handbook of Latin American Studies. He has his PhD from the University of Texas in Austin and a BA from the University of California at Irvine.
He does most of his blogging at PoliBlog, which he started in February 2003.
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