NEWS: Castro breaks knee, arm in fall

Fidel Castro, Cuba's 78-year-old leader, has fractured a knee and an arm after he tripped and fell at the end of a televised public speech. The government only gave this statement: "His general health is good, and spirits excellent."



Fidel Castro was eager to say he was okay. This shows the strenght that the Cuban leader truely has.

"Please excuse me for having fallen... just so no-one speculates, I may have a fracture in my knee and maybe one in my arm," he said.

When he fell, some of those among the audience of 30,000 broke into tears, fearing for his live. He preferred to leave the city in a jeep rather than an ambulance.

"I can speak even if they put me in plaster and I can continue to work," he added.

Sounds to me like Mr.Castro needs to stop giving speeches as he seems to have bad luck with them. I remember hearing he fainted durring a speech some years ago, and now he has "fallen over?" Hrmm..either get him a walker (he is gettin pretty old now) or stop letting him stand and talk at the same time. I mean, after all...you don't see the pope standing...ever.

Or! Maybe he's just oily..and slips..cause he's Casto! Like Castrol? Ha!Yeah.. I've got nothin.

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That windbag stop giving speeches? I doubt it. I've often wondered how ANYBODY can speak for hours at a stretch. After half an hour he must just start repeating himself secure in the knowledge that nobodys going to break out the cane and yank him off stage.

I hope next time he falls and breaks his neck......
That would be a sight to see..........I am still trying to get over the fact that there are people in the world, and unfortunately in these forums too....that love Fidel Castro and believe the US is a dictatorship and Cuba is a free wonderful regime/country..... *shakes head*.........no wonder the world is in chaos.....

Originally posted by Muaddib
I hope next time he falls and breaks his neck......
That would be a sight to see..........I am still trying to get over the fact that there are people in the world, and unfortunately in these forums too....that love Fidel Castro and believe the US is a dictatorship and Cuba is a free wonderful regime/country..... *shakes head*.........no wonder the world is in chaos.....

So what, you are calling the USA a democracy, but yet you don't let other people decide who they like, and who they dislike? You don't let other people say which coutry is a free country, and a country where they would like to live, but you still keep on saying that you are a citizen of a free democratic coutry...

Originally posted by khruschev
So what, you are calling the USA a democracy, but yet you don't let other people decide who they like, and who they dislike? You don't let other people say which coutry is a free country, and a country where they would like to live, but you still keep on saying that you are a citizen of a free democratic coutry...

First...there is a difference between people liking or disliking a candidate...and saying US citizens must vote for a candidate, or demanding that the world has to "monitor" the US elections.....since when is the world's decision what candidate any free country in the world the citizens must choose?.....

You want the world to decide who is going to be president of Canada? or France? Mexico?...why must the world just decide which candidate shuld be president in the US?....this sounds like what people call the NWO....when free countries do not have a say on who they want to vote but the world wants to decide...

Second...let me get this straight....are you saying that Cuba is a free country and that you have the right to say it is even thou there is ample proof to the contrary?....

Um, Muaddib... Canada doesn't have a President. We have a Prime Minister.

Just so you know.

I personally wish he suffered a fatal fall. A slow painful death would be fitting for the likes of him

NICE,

This is the "FALL" of Communism in Cuba.

Break-a-Leg Fidel! You Actor You...

By the way, I'm still waiting for one of his GIANT Strawberries, wasn't that part of his Grand agricultural Plan?

Originally posted by Otts
Um, Muaddib... Canada doesn't have a President. We have a Prime Minister.

Just so you know.

hehe...... you are right....
i forgot to mention prime ministers too.


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Originally posted by khruschev

Originally posted by Muaddib
I hope next time he falls and breaks his neck......
That would be a sight to see..........I am still trying to get over the fact that there are people in the world, and unfortunately in these forums too....that love Fidel Castro and believe the US is a dictatorship and Cuba is a free wonderful regime/country..... *shakes head*.........no wonder the world is in chaos.....

So what, you are calling the USA a democracy, but yet you don't let other people decide who they like, and who they dislike? You don't let other people say which coutry is a free country, and a country where they would like to live, but you still keep on saying that you are a citizen of a free democratic coutry...

I can't recall the election where the Cuban people decided on Castro for themselves. When was that again?

Originally posted by deevee

I can't recall the election where the Cuban people decided on Castro for themselves. When was that again?

Actually at first the common people wanted Fidel in power..he promised them that he would make sure everyone had the same wealth.....which more or less he did.....most of the populace are just as poor as the rest...while a small minority, those who are close to him and are communists are rich and have all priviledges.

however....after he obtained power he never again held any elections, and to make sure that people wouldn't revolt and start a new revolution, he disarmed the whole country.

The thing is that even the common people were better off before Fidel was in power. No familes went hungry in Cuba, and it was the most advanced country in the caribbean, central America and south America, not to mention that most houses in Cuba had tvs even before most houses in the US had tvs back then... The poor people wanted more, and made things worse for everyone except communists.

[edit on 21-10-2004 by Muaddib]

Originally posted by Muaddib

Originally posted by deevee

I can't recall the election where the Cuban people decided on Castro for themselves. When was that again?

Actually at first the common people wanted Fidel in power..he promised them that he would make sure everyone had the same wealth.....which more or less he did.....most of the populace are just as poor as the rest...while a small minority, those who are close to him and are communists are rich and have all priviledges.

however....after he obtained power he never again held any elections, and to make sure that people wouldn't revolt and start a new revolution, he disarmed the whole country.

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I have something to tell you, first i'd like to know if you're Cuban. rsvp

Originally posted by dgtempe
I have something to tell you, first i'd like to know if you're Cuban. rsvp

Yes, i was born in Cuba, left when I was 8 years old and was raised in Spain until i was 17 years old and came to the States. I still have family in Cuba, i went to visit them and saw how things are over there first hand.
i also know that my family has had to support our family left in Cuba ever since we left.

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In fact, what happened is that Fidel promised the people a new liberated Cuba with no signs at all of his communistic affiliation. After he took over the island, it was then that he came out and much to the dismay of the Cuban people, that is, those with a brain, with education and in the upper class, he made it public that he was a communist. This is why the exodus started. The poor people saw this as a way to better themselves, only Castro never gave anything to the people. Cuba is rubble now thanks to Fidel. He lied to the Cuban people to gain their support. (Sound familiar)???

Originally posted by dgtempe
In fact, what happened is that Fidel promised the people a new liberated Cuba with no signs at all of his communistic affiliation. After he took over the island, it was then that he came out and much to the dismay of the Cuban people, that is, those with a brain, with education and in the upper class, he made it public that he was a communist. This is why the exodus started. The poor people saw this as a way to better themselves, only Castro never gave anything to the people. Cuba is rubble now thanks to Fidel. He lied to the Cuban people to gain their support. (Sound familiar)???

Ya....that's more or less the road the democratic/liberal party has taken since the 70s...

Clinton is a clear example of what could lead to a true dictatorship....he made it clear that he wanted to ban all weapons, and that only the police, military and other government agents should have weapons...this is more or less what democrats want....and if you think Kerry is any different, read up on the votes he has made concerning weapons...Kerry says one thing and does something else. He voted to ban all assault weapons yet he keeps one...

Bush was the first president ever to say, and take the possition that the Second Amendment gives the right of every individual to keep and bear arms. For the dictator some people claim Bush is, he is surely not acting like one.

Also if you look at any of the policies of democrats/liberals, most of those policies are essentially alike as that of socialist/communist countries, i think that democrats/liberals who know about these policies would at least agree that "they are alike....." it is also true that there are some...small differences of course....

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Originally posted by Muaddib

Originally posted by dgtempe

Ya....that's more or less the road the democratic/liberal party has taken since the 70s...



Also if you look at any of the policies of democrats, most of those policies are essentially alike as that of socialist/communist countries, i think that democrats/liberals who know about these policies would at least agree that "they are alike....." it is also true that there are some...small differences of course....

Sorry, your anti Kerry rants wont influence me one bit. Turn on the lights, look around you, smell the Cuban coffee, and do a little research.

Ok, you say Fidel Castro brought poverty, and dictarship to his own people, but American government and their presidents, have brought poverty and dictorship to many other countries... USA has invaded Afganistan, but I still don't see Osama ben Laden caught, but I do see everyday civillian casualties. In Iraq, I don't see any WMD found but I do see oil being exported to the USA, and I do see people die everyday, and I do see that there is no peace, no law, and no order... Same goes for Kosovo and Metohija province in Yugoslavia (now called Serbia and Montenegro)... Albanian terrorist forces (KLA) have been fully backed by the US Army, Yugoslavia was bombed, many civillians died, and still there were no traces of massacres of unarmed Albanian civillians found, and neither there is peace in the region, but we do have Serbs being killed, since the KFOR troops don't protect them, we do have old Orthodox monasteries burned, and we do have Serbs leave Kosovo, to seek a new life in Serbia...

That tells enough on American democracy... At the same time, we do have poor, and unhappy people in Cuba, but still peace, law and order are maintained...

Originally posted by dgtempe
Sorry, your anti Kerry rants wont influence me one bit. Turn on the lights, look around you, smell the Cuban coffee, and do a little research.

Perhaps you should do that yourself. You want to call me a right wing extremist because i see the similarities, and have actually made my research, contrary to what you are saying?

Whether or not democrats/liberals want to accept it, their policies are very similar to socialism/communism, and that's a fact.

I will concede to you, and I do agree that the republican party has their share of dirty clothes to wash, and skeletons in their closets, but at least it is a lot better than the alternative. Have I made it a secret that for this reason and others i am a Republican? no, never hid that....

Now you want to say that because I see these similarities, because I rather be a republican and express my views that I am just trying to influence anyone....

What are democrats/liberals and socialists/liberals from other countries trying to do? Aren't they expressing their opinions also about the US elections?
--edited to correct grammar errors---

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Well taking in consideration his age he will propably will not recover from the injury very well, so he will probably has arthritis already and is just going to get worst.

Now Muaddib, about the coffee and Cuban I tell you give me all the cuban coffee bread and home made cheese you can, I love it.

Oh I forgot I am from the Caribbean.