Torched Drawers and Pricey Pork
or How it is that Fidel has Stuck around for so long

But it is the details offered by Mr Fernandez, rather than his political denunciations, that are fascinating. He was told, for instance, by the President's chief bodyguard, that Castro has his old underwear incinerated so they cannot be laundered with deadly chemicals to assassinate him. On another occasion, he was despatched across the Atlantic to bring back a $2,500 consignment of 'pata negra' ham, considered Spain's finest.

Just like my mother used to tell me in her own wise matronly way:

Always wear clean undies and be sure your pork intake is the finest money can buy.

Perhaps my own madre gleaned this knowledge from Castro's mom?

Uh oh.

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