# Castro in surgery, turns over government to brother Raul

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-in-surgery-turns-over-government-to-brother-raul/366826>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 1, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-in-surgery-turns-over-government-to-brother-raul/366826 "2006-08-01T02:00:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-in-surgery-turns-over-government-to-brother-raul/366826/41 "2006-08-04T21:57:12Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Raul’s getting [groomed](http://www.gordonbiersch.com/brewery/beer/index.html), so the outlook for Fidel must be bad.

But, Fidel’s been in power 47 years and he ain’t been groomed **yet!** 😃

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-in-surgery-turns-over-government-to-brother-raul/366826/42 "2006-08-04T22:18:30Z")

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Damn, wrong link! :smack:

How about [this one](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,207118,00.html).

Now I have to go check if I linked Fidel under “good beers to try!” :o

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-in-surgery-turns-over-government-to-brother-raul/366826/43 "2006-08-13T04:06:31Z")

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[Believe it or not, this story doesn’t come from _The Onion!_](http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-08-11T184237Z_01_N11429148_RTRUKOC_0_US-VENEZUELA-CHAVEZ-CASTRO.xml&archived=False)

[But this one does.](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/51532)

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castro-in-surgery-turns-over-government-to-brother-raul/366826/44 "2006-08-14T13:32:19Z")

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Well, it now appears that, depsite rumors to the contrary, [Fidel is still alive.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4790143.stm)

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