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Too little, way too late : Fidel Castro concedes that the Cuban economic model isn’t working

Fidel Castro tells an American journalist that the Cuban economic model isn't working. The former Cuban president made the jaw-dropping comment to Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic. Goldberg says the ailing Cuban leader's remarks came almost as an aside over lunch recently in Havana. “The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore,” Castro told Goldberg. The writer said he was so stunned that he asked his companion at the lunch, Julia Sweig, a leading Latin America scholar at the Council on Foreign Relations, if he had heard Castro correctly. More in the link. added by: TypeMemeHere

Fidel Castro: "The Cuban Model No Longer Works"

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/09/fidel-cuban-model-doesn… In an interview with journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, Fidel Castro admitted that “the Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore.” Could this finally legitimize the actions of the opposition that has been trying for many years to bring change to Cuba? What does this mean for the future of Cuba, that the leader of the Revolution itself believes that the economic model no longer works? And also, what does this mean for Hugo Chavez in Venezuela who has time and time again held up Cuba as a model for Venezuela? _______________________________________________________________________ Personally, I am glad that what Cubans in exile have been saying for 50 years has finally been admitted by Fidel Castro. I have only one word for this: Vindication. added by: UrbanGypsy

Tamil new year 2010

A Sri Lanakn Tamil boy helps his brother tie a holy thread ahead of Tamil new year, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 12, 2010. The Sinhala and Tamil New Year falls on April 14. New Year#39;s eve and New Year#39;s Day are among the most celebrated holidays on the island. MIC leaders today wished the Tamil, Sikh and Malayalee communities a Happy New Year, and urged them to remain united and focus on the many opportunities to be made available under the New Economic Model (NEM). The Tamils a

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Tamil new year 2010