HAVANA - The Havana Chamber of Commerce will host a farewell luncheon for Fidel Castro next Monday to thank the maximum leader for his fifty years of dictatorship in service to the Cuban people. The Havana Kiwanis Club will co-chair the luncheon.
According to a press release, the Chamber of Commerce will present Mr. Castro with a series of lovely parting gifts, including an engraved wrist watch and a leather attaché case. A spokesman for Mr. Castro said the Cuban leader was deeply moved when informed about the farewell luncheon. Late yesterday, Mr. Castro issued a statement to reporters covering his departure from power. “You work for somebody, or some people for so long, you begin to wonder if they even recognize all of your efforts. After fifty years, it’s nice to know my hard work was appreciated.”
Mr. Castro said he didn’t have any solid plans for retirement. “I’ll do a little traveling with the wife, and I’ll probably get around to some house-hold projects I’ve been putting off since the Bay of Pigs invasion.” Mr. Castro said he was referring to the long-delayed digging of a French drain around the foundation of his home to stop the seepage of water into his basement. “It’s just nice to know after all these years, I won’t have to get up in the morning and imprison this guy, or execute that guy,” said Castro. “That’s Raul’s problem now.”
