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Author Topic: Castro calls it quits  (Read 3221 times)

Darwin

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Castro calls it quits
« on: February 19, 2008, 08:15 AM »
Definitely outside the realm of our usual conversations here, but Fidel Castro has just announced that he's stepping down as president of Cuba after almost 50 years of rule...

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Source: http://www.cbc.ca/wo.../19/castro-cuba.html

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Re: Castro calls it quits
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2008, 08:34 AM »
wow :)

would be a great place to visit if they relax things there a bit
(like allow the locals to interact with tourists)
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Re: Castro calls it quits
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2008, 03:37 PM »
Excellent! Hopefully things will brighten up for Cuba now.
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