What are they going to do with 28 candidates for the presidency? To begin with, there won’t be time for news or shows on TV, all the time will be taken up with the different candidates’ commercials and mud-throwing. Don’t even start talking about the flyers, posters, billboards, free pens & hats. Caracas is going to be innundated. Anyways, hopefully someone other than Hugo Chávez will win.
Hoy es el día del abuelo en México, pero sin importar donde estén, a todos los abuelitos y abuelitas, les deseo un muy feliz día del abuelo y muchos más.
Fidel Castro, president (or dictator) of Cuba has held an iron grip on his country for about 50 years, since the Cuban revolution. Reportedly, he has been sick, and no one has seen him publicly since late July. He turned 80 years old in early August. Fidel’s two brothers, Raúl and Ramón, insist that Fidel’s doing fine and he’s recovering, but his state of health is a ’state secret’. Cubans were sobered earlier this month with a video of a weak, bed-ridden Fidel. I think a lot of people wonder if he has actually died, and the Cuban government is covering it up in the name of peace. I guess we’ll find out sooner or later.
Five Mexican fishermen set out to sea in October 1995. Three have just made it back after more than nine months at sea. They survived by drinking rainwater and eating raw fish and birds, including seagulls and ducks. Two of the five did not survive. More than nine months after setting out on the Pacific ocean to hunt shark, the three Mexicans were rescued by Tiawanese fishermen just days ago. Some news media claim that the men are not fishermen and have made up the story as cover for their drug smuggling operations. Who knows, but it’s still an interesting story. Lot’s of people I’ve talked to say they’d never eat raw fish/birds, but after about 3 weeks at sea with nothing to eat, I think I’d go for some raw fish. Think of it as Sushi. If you want to read more, there are plenty of news stories.
