Castro upstaging Chavez

Castro Resigns: Dream Scenario ends in sad realization

Submitted by Ian on February 19, 2008 - 3:31am.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080219/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/fidel_castro

What if Castro upstages Chavez as the pre-eminent leader of Latin America's 20th and 21st centuries by holding truly free and open democratic elections? Like a full-on, Khadafi style renunciation of his stubborn, axis-of-evil ways, and adopts an open, statesmanlike diplomacy that balances Latin nationalism with the "universal" truths of global interdependence, peace and justice?