Fidel Castro retires

[Captain Nemo]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

The Flordia Yachtmen would disagree with you. And Castro welcomed them with open arms.

Not sure what you are referring to here Firewall, can you expand a bit?

Nemo

[Biggles]

I guess he found something more interesting than being the leader of Cuba...

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/27356.html

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Biggles

I guess he found something more interesting than being the leader of Cuba...

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/27356.html

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Oberon

If he didn't stand down he probably would have fallen down.

What's the record for longest time in power for a leader? At 49 years, Castro must be near it.

Not even close Number in ( ) represents years on the job

Louis XIV, King of France 1643-1715 (72)
Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary 1848-1916 (68)
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, Empress of India 1837-1901 (63)
Jaime I, King of Aragón 1213-1276 (63)
Christian IV, King of Denmark 1588-1648 (60)
George III, King of Great Britain and Hanover 1760-1820 (60)
Louis XV, King of France 1715-1774 (59)
Harald I, King of Norway 872-930 (58)
Alfonso VIII, King of Castile 1158-1214 (58)
James VI (I), King of Scots (later England) 1567-1625 (58)
Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands 1890-1948 (58)
Henry III, King of England 1216-1272 (56)
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain 1952- (56+)
Eric III, King of Norway 1389-1442 (53)
Friedrich III, Holy Roman Emperor 1440-1493 (53)
Haakon VII, King of Norway 1905-1957 (52)
Gorm the Old, King of Denmark 900-950 (50)
Heinrich IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1056-1106 (50)
Edward III, King of England 1327-1377 (50)


Fidel is but a young pup

[bookworm_020]

I don't think Queen Liz is going to hand over the crown to Chalie Big ears untill she's on her deathbed, even then they will have to pry the crown out of her hands!

Sadly, Raul Castro (Fidel´s brother) is in the succession list...

Don't think he'll be in the job for long, he's only a couple of years younger than Fidel.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Biggles

I guess he found something more interesting than being the leader of Cuba...

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/27356.html

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[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

I don't think Queen Liz is going to hand over the crown to Chalie Big ears untill she's on her deathbed, even then they will have to pry the crown out of her hands!

She's trying to beat Queen Victoria's record.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Not even close Number in ( ) represents years on the job

Louis XIV, King of France 1643-1715 (72)
Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary 1848-1916 (68)
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, Empress of India 1837-1901 (63)
Jaime I, King of Aragón 1213-1276 (63)
Christian IV, King of Denmark 1588-1648 (60)
George III, King of Great Britain and Hanover 1760-1820 (60)
Louis XV, King of France 1715-1774 (59)
Harald I, King of Norway 872-930 (58)
Alfonso VIII, King of Castile 1158-1214 (58)
James VI (I), King of Scots (later England) 1567-1625 (58)
Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands 1890-1948 (58)
Henry III, King of England 1216-1272 (56)
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain 1952- (56+)
Eric III, King of Norway 1389-1442 (53)
Friedrich III, Holy Roman Emperor 1440-1493 (53)
Haakon VII, King of Norway 1905-1957 (52)
Gorm the Old, King of Denmark 900-950 (50)
Heinrich IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1056-1106 (50)
Edward III, King of England 1327-1377 (50)


Fidel is but a young pup

*whistles*
Nice line up. Good to see Lizzie on there

[Jimbuna]

Actually, she's not been a bad monarch IMO.

Took over at a very early age and can only be accused of one error of judgement......getting involved with a penniless Greek. :hmm:

[XXi]

Originally Posted by Oberon

*whistles*
Nice line up. Good to see Lizzie on there

And Her Majesty is still advancing, to make it better

However, the list might be a little inaccurate as there is one doubtful claim from the Antiquity: pharaoh of VIth Dynasty, Neferkare Pepi II is supposed to have ruled since the age of 6 until his death at the age of 100.
Some people don`t believe he could make it for so long but honestly, that was possible - there were some longevity records even in that times. Of course, due to regency and mental deterioration that apparently occurred, he was de facto leader for much shorter time. Still, with 94 years he would make top1 with lot of advantage to the second in rank Louis
besides, no sign of Emperor Showa, or Hirohito who ruled from 1926 to 1989 - long enough to be included.

Ontopic:

I wish there was democracy and free market on Cuba as I cannot see anything really good in socialist doctature. However, a forced democracy is not a good solution as well. I think that the best situation would be dissolution of the regime once Castro is over so that within years the situation would have changed much to good.

[kiwi_2005]

The guy dodged a lot of CIA bullets, I think democracy should stay out of it, why try to change a people when most are happy. George bush wants to bring democracy to Cuba? Unless Cuba is threatening to attack the US then leave it alone.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

The guy dodged a lot of CIA bullets, I think democracy should stay out of it, why try to change a people when most are happy. George bush wants to bring democracy to Cuba? Unless Cuba is threatening to attack the US then leave it alone.

Precisely....If the Cubans are happy/content, let em be

[XXi]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Precisely....If the Cubans are happy/content, let em be

Question if they`re really happy though and if it`s not due to strict isolation. I remember that as long as there was the Warsaw pact, Soviet Union and all this crap everyone here were OFICIALLY happy, if you could ask them. Just because of secret police and all the problems, there were very few people who would complain openly. The situation changed, but still even when people were not that afraid they started to realize how incredibly retarded was the country they were living in. I guess with Cuba it`s not much different: ofically, most of them are happy and due to isolation, many of them even don`t know they country is so damn poor.

But again - leave it to themselves. It`s their choice if they want to live in democracy or not, we can think of support to some ideas but forced opening of Cuba or forced introduction of democracy is just the worst solution.