They have tried to kill him with exploding cigars and poison, they have invaded his island with the CIA at the Bay of Pigs, and they have murdered his national fencing team, among the 73 victims of a terrorist bomb planted on a passenger plane. Now they are planning to dance on his grave.
What is it with the right-wing Cuban exiles of Miami and their relentless vendetta against Fidel Castro and the revolution he led 48 years ago?
To the embarrassment even of some fellow Cuban-Americans, local councillors who now dominate the city are planning to use Miami's Orange Bowl stadium for a celebration as soon as the ailing Castro dies. They have set-up a committee to hire the musicians and settle on the slogan for the official T-shirts. "It's not that we are doing an official death party," said City |
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They never managed to kill him, but Cuba’s exiles are set to dance
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Commissioner Tomas Regalado. No?
Given the history of scandalous entanglements between Cuba's anti-Castro "freedom fighters" and America's institutions, from its spy agencies to its presidency, it seems crass beyond belief.
When Orlando Bosch, the children's doctor who led the bombing of the Cubana Airlines plane, was arrested in Venezuela in 1976, the Miami City Commission announced a "Dr Orlando Bosch Day" - and that attitude has barely changed among Miami's Little Havana politicos.
They claim that all they are doing now is organising a venue for "people to show their emotions" when Castro dies. Well, they will have to bottle them up for a while longer after Castro appeared on Cuban TV last week. Shaky but standing, he said his mystery illness was "far from being a lost battle".
Cubans last celebrated (left) in  |
