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"Castros low-key on Revolution Day" by Associated Press | July 27, 2010
SANTA CLARA, Cuba — A B-team of socialist speakers spent Cuba’s Revolution Day bashing the United States for everything from its drug consumption to the war in Iraq to its military support for Colombia, portraying Washington as the great villain in world affairs.
They can't see who is pulling their strings?
But the day was more notable for who did not address the crowd: President Raul Castro never took the lectern, brother Fidel Castro was a no-show, and Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez canceled his trip to Cuba....
Ah, you didn't want him there anyway:
See?
The country is in a painful economic downturn, and there have been warnings from intellectuals that corruption is eating away at the revolution’s foundations. Raul Castro has made efforts to open the economy, while exhorting Cubans to work harder and stop depending on the state....
That's odd; in AmeriKa it is the answer to all your troubles.
Related: Olga Guillot, Cuban singer
Also see: Slow Saturday Special: No Spy Swap With Cuba
