Fidel's uniform is headlined
by confused US newspaper

  4 September 2010: Appearances by Fidel are always, to US media, opportunities to demonstrate their political naivete in general and their ignorance of Cuba in particular. Saturday's LA Times reaction to a speech by Fidel the day before, which focused mindlessly on Fidel's uniform, was an AP story without a by-line, which probably means it was written in America, probably slightly mis-using a Granma press release from Havana as an excuse to rehash some tired rhetoric.
     Besides a photo cut-line you'd do well to cross out, which declares that "his choice of dress suggests that he may be seeking to return to a bigger political role," readers are Continue

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