Fidel Castro Ruz was born on August 13, 1926. Today is his 80th birthday and thus it's an opportunity to review his life and legacy. The BBC calls him a "world icon." The United States givernment calls him a communist dictator. He has been in the news lately because he delegated almost all of his governmental authority to his brother Raúl about two weeks ago.
Coincidentally (ha!) the U.S. government tweaked its immigration policy regarding Cuban nationals on Friday. The federal Department of Homeland Security released two documents on Friday, one in which they announce that they have instituted a system of alerting the Cuban-American family members of Cuban nationals interdicted by DHS attempting to enter the United States. The other document reiterates that Cuban medical professionals (and their families) are allowed to enter the U.S. and says that "human rights abusers" or people "known to have been employed in certain positions of authority in the Cuban government or known to have been engaged in persecution of others" will not be allowed to enter the United States.
Just in case Raúl was thinking about it, I guess! Cumpleaños feliz, Fidel!
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