December 31, 2003
No beardnik he
Hard to believe there's a prankster in Cuba daring enough to mock maximum leader Fidel Castro like this, but the picture speaks for itself.
The black and white photo, shot from a distance as Castro addressed American students at the Palacio de las Convenciones, shows what many believe to be a striking resemblance to Adolf Hitler upon close inspection.Using magnifying glasses to get a detailed look, Cubans were stunned by what they surmised was a deliberate manipulation of the photo published Dec. 4 in the print edition of Granma.
"It was all over the street, everybody was talking about it," a foreign diplomat in Havana said in a telephone interview.
"The head does look like Hitler," said the diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "The hair looks like it's parted on the side. It looks like he doesn't have a beard. It looks like he has a Hitler mustache."
Speculation also swirled about possible arrests at the daily newspaper, which serves as the official voice of the Cuban government.
via the Miami Herald
UPDATE: Compare and contrast the daring of a protester in Castro's oppressed police state with this puerile and offensive image at IndyMedia in a free Washington, D.C.
Posted by Alan at December 31, 2003 07:43 AM