Blue Herald
15
Sep
BUSH ASKS CUBAN VOTE ON RULE BY RAUL CASTRO
by QuestionGirl

Unfuckingbelievable

By JESSICA GRESKO
Associated Press
Posted September 15 2006, 1:40 PM EDT

CORAL GABLES — The Bush administration proposed Friday that Cubans hold a referendum to decide if they want to live in a democracy or under a dictatorship, a plan one expert called a “Disneyesque fantasy” that the Castro brothers would reject.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez suggested the referendum, but Cuban President Fidel Castro has long fiercely resisted any U.S. attempts to interfere with his government. As Castro recovers from surgery, brother and designated successor Raul is the acting leader of the communist nation.

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