From our Bureau of Monarchs Who Prefer to Rule From Hiding Places with some assistance from our Bureau of Divorce Denial and Other Potentially Sneaky Moves by Communist Dictatorships
King Raul put on a good show yesterday, meeting with an oligarch from China to finalize the divorce announced by China a few days ago. No doubt about it, China has pulled the plug on its relationship with Castrogonia, but the Ministry of Truth is covering it up as much as possible. Take a look below at the spin placed on this meeting between the King and the Chinese nobleman, as well as on the communist babbling and excessive praising that tries –but fails– to camouflage the divorce. The King’s public appearance was also intended as proof that Raul is still in control and in great health.
Wait a minute! Maybe the “divorce” itself is the camouflage, intended to draw attention AWAY from China as it strengthens its military presence in Castrogonia, out of view. Yeah . . . that would be a masterful ploy, sneaky and very much in keeping with the shifty character of both dictatorships. . .After all the Chinese built themselves a deep water port in Santiago . . . why let that go to waste?
Loosely translated from Diario de Cuba
Raúl Castro received Li Shulei, member of the Political Bureau and Secretariat and head of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, on Wednesday, after the senior official of the allied government held a meeting on Tuesday with Miguel Díaz-Canel.
Shulei is on an official visit to Cuba to participate in the VI Theoretical Seminar between both communist parties, Díaz-Canel’s communications team stated. “In a fraternal atmosphere, Raúl (Castro) and Li Shulei exchanged views on the excellent state of interparty relations and on the importance of the mechanism of theoretical seminars for the exchange of mutual experiences in the processes of building socialism,” published in X.
According to the Presidency, the general conveyed an “affectionate greeting” to the general secretary of the Communist Party and president of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, whom he thanked for his solidarity in the “complex moments” that Cuba is facing and which he attributed to the tightening of the US embargo.
After rumors about the general’s death circulated during the month of September, Raúl Castro reappeared in a meeting with the president of Vietnam, To Lam, and later attended the funeral of General Ramón Espinosa. However, the appearances of the old man are becoming fewer and fewer, only in receptions of figures allied to the regime. Party member Enrique Villuendas wrote in X: “Raúl is Raúl, and he has always paid special attention to the brothers of China.”
On Tuesday, when receiving Li Shulei, Miguel Dïaz-Canel said that the regime is “very hopeful for the leadership of comrade Xi Jinping as general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and also for his leadership at the global level.”
“We admire his thinking and I think that the role he can play in this BRICS Summit is very important,” he added.
In the exchange, Díaz-Canel said that the contribution that China can play “in the construction of an international economic order based on multilateralism, equity, complementarity and mutually beneficial cooperation” is “important.”In particular, the ruler praised the “enormous sensitivity that the Chinese president has always shown with the problems of Cuba.”