A co-worker lamented to me that it’s not just the liberal media elite who’s giving dictator Fidel Castro the fig leaf of “presidential” legitimacy – it’s the Voice of America, the people who were supposed to inspire freedom-loving people behind barbed wire that the U.S. was on their side? Instead, imagine Cubans hearing news of their ailing oppressor as a “president.”

President Castro transfered power to his younger brother, Defense Minister Raul Castro, on Monday after he underwent surgery for intestinal bleeding. But both Fidel and Raul have not been seen in public since the announcement….
State-run media has carried headlines wishing President Castro a speedy recovery. But the mood is much different in Miami’s large exile community….
President Castro, who turns 80 August 13, has said in a statement that his health is stable, but he needs time to recover.