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Fidel Castro: President
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Now, whether Fidel Castro is recuperating as his office reports or whether he's dead or dying as his enemies hope, you can be sure he still has a smirk on his face. That's because for nearly 50 years he outsmarted 10 U.S. presidents, from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush.
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President Fidel Castro led a day of homage to John Lennon on December 8, calling John a "revolutionary" hero. It was a cultural about-face by Cuba's Communist authorities, who once frowned on the type of music John made as a decadent Western influence.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amauris Samartino, a political dissident illegally expelled from Bolivia for criticizing President Evo Morales and Fidel Castro, has been granted asylum in Norway. Samartino, a medical doctor, was detained at gunpoint in eastern Bolivia last December for remarks he had made in the local media...."
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This ignominious tradition of pandering to the world's dictators began with Cuban ruler Fidel Castro and continues to this day. The Associated Press provides the most recent example (h/t Ace), wondering if Castro will be able to swing getting "elected" president:
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The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, yesterday offered the bleakest medical update yet on Fidel Castro, saying he was "battling for his life". The pessimistic view came days after Mr Chávez, one of Castro's closest allies, had said his recovery was slow and not without risks.
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