Look Who Died! Obscure but...

[Rebel Herfer]

Reposted from Cuban American Blog
Thought y'all might find this interesting, I did. Fear the REAPER Fidel! Come to think of it, now maybe there is a spot open for Michael Moore (and more, and more, and more) on the team! :whistling:


Monday, June 18, 2007
Vilma Espín Is Dead: One Down and Two to Go

It was not Fidel.

It was not Raúl.

But it was the next best thing.

Yes, it is confirmed: Vilma Espín is dead.

Raúl Castro has declared 26 hours of mourning (¡qué cursi!) in honor of the "distinguished heroine of the resistance" and his ex-wife.

As the great-granddaughter of Karl Marx, Vilma Espín Guillois was a member of Communist royalty and heir to a fortune in Bacardí stock. That and the blackness of her own character (the beast killed her own sister and betrayed dozens of anti-Communists in the "July 26th" Movement to Batista's police) made her our Madame Defarge and the ideal bride for the heir presumptive of Castroism.

The most powerful woman in Cuba for most of her life, Vilma Espín did not possess the womanly virtues that might have tempered the brutish traits of her husband and brother-in-law, but shared in a triad with them the blame for destroying our country.

She is the first to die of that nefarious triad and paves the way for the other two national villains.

We would have preferred Fidel dead.

We would have preferred Raúl dead.

But after them no one is better dead than Vilma Espín.

Disgrace to your sex, antithesis of Maceo's mother, burn in hell forever!

¡Viva Cuba libre!


POSTSCRIPT:

In an unprecedented development, "Heroine of the Revolution" (if only for marrying Raúl) Vilma Espín was cremated without a state funeral or even an unofficial viewing. Obviously, they did not want the people to see her physical deterioration, which must mirror Fidel's, since she's been kept on life support longer than he's been. Also, if there is no state funeral, then there will be no speculation on why Fidel did not attend it. And, of course, if there was one funeral that Fidel could not have skipped without giving everything away it was Vilma's.

Posted by Manuel A.Tellechea at 10:47 PM

 

[tsmckenney]

Random Question: Is this woman portrayed in the Andy Garcia movie set in Cuba (fairly recent release). He's the owner of a club who eventually moves to NY after Castro takes over and starts forcing everyone to turn their businesses (and plantations) over to the government. His love interest is a woman who instead of leaving for NY with Andy's character, stays behind and joins up with Castro's movement.

Was that supposed to be her? Anyone...

 

[Infinity]

Come to think of it, now maybe there is a spot open for Michael Moore (and more, and more, and more) on the team! :whistling:

Interesting, thanks for the post.

What do you mean by the above quote, maybe you can elaborate ???

Brian

 

[Newfie]

snip....Andy Garcia movie set in Cuba (fairly recent release). He's the owner of a club who eventually moves to NY after Castro takes over ....snip

To be honest, I dunno if that's her or not, but this is going to win me some brownie points with The Bride!!! :love:

I'm gonna tell her I feel like staying in some night on the weekend and I'm going to pick a movie at the Video Shop.

 

[MiamiCubano]

Random Question: Is this woman portrayed in the Andy Garcia movie set in Cuba (fairly recent release). He's the owner of a club who eventually moves to NY after Castro takes over and starts forcing everyone to turn their businesses (and plantations) over to the government. His love interest is a woman who instead of leaving for NY with Andy's character, stays behind and joins up with Castro's movement.

Was that supposed to be her? Anyone...

Doubtful that it would be her. In the movie, the girl you mention is portrayed by the lucious Ines Sastre. She was actually Fico's (Andy Garcia's) sister-in-law, who was widowed when Fico's brother was killed in the failed attack on the palace. Don't think this story line plays into the real-life monster of Vilma Espin.

 

[Rebel Herfer]

Come to think of it, now maybe there is a spot open for Michael Moore (and more, and more, and more) on the team! :whistling:

Interesting, thanks for the post.

What do you mean by the above quote, maybe you can elaborate ???

Brian

Since we're not supposed to start any shite I'll just say it had to do with the Moore/More pun & the fact that Mr. Moore thinks so highly of the Castro Regime. But that's all I'm gonna say.