So what’s the source of all the dead-castro rumors?

The dead-castro rumors are coming from somewhere. They seem to come every Friday night anymore, almost as if on some kind of pattern.
castroites of course are prime suspects as leakers, desperate to give the Bronx cheer to the Miami Cubans who are always so disappointed when the monster doesn’t die. They even have a sense of humor about it, typically powering up the jogging suit and wheeling out the old dictator to where he can be seen, in some apparently normal convalescent activity.
But weekends aren’t prime time for castroites to make dead-castro announcements if they ever would. They seem to have an incentive for weekdays, because they can round up Cubans in their workplaces and force them to get in line and mourn, as the KillCastro blog has noted.
That leaves us back with lonely clue about the peculiar Friday timing of the dead-castro rumors.
Another theory might be that market manipulation is taking place. Fridays can be critical for market moves, with players closing out their positions and some Fridays known as ‘triple witching’ hours when certain futures and options expire.
With that in mind, it might be significant that last Friday, I learned about the hogwild market activity in Cuban funds before I learned about the dead-castro rumors, which always makes these funds go up. The one I heard of shot up 9% on Friday, not stellar, but certainly noticeable. In itself, it proves nothing. But this news item, from what may be a marginal source, claims that the rumors did start on Wall Street. It may just mean that castro’s men chose Wall Street as their vehicle with which to spread rumors. What a coincidence, castro’s men have a United Nations office not that physically far from Wall Street and if someone is going to do something in secret with another party, it helps to not have to use phones.
Could these dead-castro rumors, every Friday on the dot, really just be someone manipulating market prices? It also might not be castro’s men releasing these rumors, it might be a Wall Streeter. Anyway, something to keep in mind, now that the timing of the rumors is getting to be a constant. There may be some crooks looking to make tremendous fortunes.
If so, let’s hope they get busted, this doesn’t seem like this would be an easy thing to conceal from the SEC.

4 thoughts on “So what’s the source of all the dead-castro rumors?”

  1. I hear the beer manufacturers are propping up these rumors…also the ice maker factories , the cuban flag vendors, gas stations, TV stations, supermarkets, liquor stores ,,, they all seem to gain every friday …. at least in Florida… Well if these rumors drive the Florida economy then it is a good thing after all
    thanks to fidel

  2. The guys with the rumors may not be wearing a black hat.
    The regime seems to be running out of things that are remotely usable for falsifying a “proof of life.” The rumors may be someone trying to force the regime’s hand.
    Why Friday? To maximize the turnout on Calle Ocho for the cameras. The botellitas are already chilling, and the camera crews are at Versailles waiting for the announcement, and while no announcement comes…..now that lack of an announcement is not being followed up quickly by some credible attempt at a proof of life. fidel castro’s death is becoming an open secret.

  3. Val,
    I think you are reaching on this one. I am not a big believer in conspiracy theories and I don’t think you should doubt yourself and numerous sources.
    My take is that Castro took a quick turn for the worst on Friday August 17 but they saved him and then perhaps he suffered a relapse last Friday and maybe now is on life support.
    So, I am speculating that Castro is not dead but on life support. That would certainly give the appearance that he is dead.

  4. I like the market manipulation theory and this isn’t the first time I’ve heard that the Fidel rumors have started on Wall Street.
    On the other hand, I don’t think that theory would point to just Fridays. If I was trying to manipulate the market (and I’m not), I would randomize it a bit more.

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