# No viva Fidel! - Castro 1926 - 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 26, 2016, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021 "2016-11-26T05:43:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/1 "2016-11-26T05:43:04Z")
Well, he survived long enough to see us elect Trump. I wonder if that would have eased his passing any… ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/2 "2016-11-26T05:48:26Z")
And meet his good friend Pierre’s son Justin, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/3 "2016-11-26T05:49:40Z")
First Florence Henderson, now Fidel. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/4 "2016-11-26T05:54:45Z")
Trump’s first casualty. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/5 "2016-11-26T06:00:58Z")
CNN is saying this is not being reported at all inside Cuba, but the authorities are reporting it to the rest of the world, so it looks like the Cubans themselves will be the last to find out. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/6 "2016-11-26T06:02:35Z")
Eh, they’re used to being a bit behind the times. ---
**Author:** ![SGNY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SGNY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SGNY)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/7 "2016-11-26T06:10:28Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > CNN is saying this is not being reported at all inside Cuba, but the authorities are reporting it to the rest of the world, so it looks like the Cubans themselves will be the last to find out. According to the BBC it’s being reported on State television ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/8 "2016-11-26T06:20:01Z")
> [@SGNY](#): > > According to the BBC it’s being reported on State television CNN just had on their man in Havana, and he said there’s been nothing yet. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/9 "2016-11-26T06:35:07Z")
To think, it he could have survived just a bit longer, he would have been “in power\*” during TWELVE different U.S. Presidents. - OK, that’s counting the time since his brother’s been in power, hey it’s still the Castro regime… ---
**Author:** ![SGNY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SGNY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SGNY)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/10 "2016-11-26T06:38:56Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > CNN just had on their man in Havana, and he said there’s been nothing yet. And the BBC just showed a clip of his brother making what they said was a “surprise late night broadcast” Sky News is also reporting it was announced on State Television ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/11 "2016-11-26T06:44:04Z")
That just means they’ve finally gotten around to telling the locals. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/12 "2016-11-26T06:49:36Z")
There is internet and phones in Cuba. Might not be cheap, widely available or fast, but there is nothing that would have kept it from being widely known soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/13 "2016-11-26T06:53:02Z")
There is a big crown dancing in the streets in Miami. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/14 "2016-11-26T06:53:31Z")
Still seems odd to make sure the rest of the world knows before telling your own people. ---
**Author:** ![SGNY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SGNY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SGNY)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/15 "2016-11-26T07:41:20Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Still seems odd to make sure the rest of the world knows before telling your own people. Nobody but CNN appears to be making that claim . Other organizations are saying the news was broken **on** State television ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/16 "2016-11-26T08:03:35Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > There is a big crown dancing in the streets in Miami. A big crown? Do you have a picture of this? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/17 "2016-11-26T10:02:35Z")
Finally. A death in 2016 that doesn’t make me sad. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/18 "2016-11-26T11:00:24Z")
I had forgotten about him - there were times I thought he’d never die. Adios, Fidel… ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/19 "2016-11-26T12:08:36Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > A big crown? Do you have a picture of this? Typo I expect. Most likely a big clown dancing. Maybe [this](https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/181410691211508609/) one. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021/20 "2016-11-26T12:17:50Z")
The Republicans were right. If we just keep the embargo up long enough, Castro will be out of Cuba’s government. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-viva-fidel-castro-1926-2016/773021.md?page=2)