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Observer: Cuba libre?
April 26 2005 in The
Financial Times.
Fidel Castro has abandoned his rightwing
tendencies.
This may come as a shock to those who
know the Cuban dictator as one of the world's
last ardent communist leaders. But the eagle-eyed
folks at the CIA's Foreign Broadcasting
Information Service have released a report
pointing out that Castro has been gesticulating
more with his left than his right hand.
"President Castro, who is right-handed
and known for gesticulating extensively
with his right arm while speaking, has been
progressively favouring his left arm since
February," says FBIS's latest report
on Castro's famously long speeches, pointed
out by Secrecy News.
"In his public addresses of 7 and
11 April, President Castro primarily uses
his left arm to gesture and shuffle notes,
and repeatedly kneads his right shoulder
and arm with his left hand." It's reassuring
that with the war on terror in full swing
US spooks have time on their hands for such
things.
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