Cuba: Fidel Castro says he was near death
Cuban leader Fidel Castro has given a rare interview to a foreign journalist and disclosed new details about just how sick he was when he relinquished power in 2006.
"I was at death's door," Castro told Mexico's leftist daily La Jornada. "But I came back."
The interview (link in Spanish), which was published in Monday's editions, lasted about five hours and was conducted by the paper's editor, Carmen Lira Saade.
Castro, who turned power over temporarily to his brother Raul in 2006, then formally quit the presidency in 2008, dropped from public view for most of that time. Until recently. The 84-year-old has started making speeches again and appearing on television.
— Tracy Wilkinson in Mexico City
Photo: La Jornada editor Carmen Lira Saade interviews Fidel Castro. Credit: Estudios Revolucion.
What a sad irony that this Fool has lived so long after cutting short the lives of so many thousands.
Posted by: steve | September 01, 2010 at 12:39 AM
The dictatorial murderer - or murderous dictator, if you prefer - couldn't even have the good grace to die when he should have done.
Posted by: Lou Bricano | August 31, 2010 at 03:36 PM
"We are witnessing sad things in other socialist countries, very sad things," stated Castro in November 1989 in reference to the reforms that were sweeping such communist allies as the Soviet Union, East Germany, Hungary and Poland.
According to Castro, "the sun vanished from the horizon when the Soviet Union collapsed."
It looks like Castro will evade justice...on earth.
Posted by: Michael Heffernan | August 30, 2010 at 10:20 PM
Only the good die young. The world will celebrate when this rat dies. Amen
Posted by: BG | August 30, 2010 at 08:21 PM