Editorial |Losing the plot

Stabroek News: "Fidel Castro, 81, has still not been seen in public since he fell ill last year and handed over the day-to-day running of the Cuban government to his younger brother, Raúl. Instead, in what looks increasingly like a symbolic role for the 'Father of the Revolution,' he has written some 45 'Reflections of the Commander in Chief,' over the last six months, beginning with his rant against biofuels and the threat to food security in developing countries. In spite of speculation about his waning power and rumours, apparently exaggerated, of his demise, the ailing dictator refuses to go gentle into the good night, raging against the dying of the light and of course, the continuing hegemony of the United States of America."

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