Old man's stuff

In case you are wondering what Fidel Castro gets up to in his enforced semi-retirement, I point you in the direction of the superannuated dictator's latest "editorial", which was published overnight in all the official Cuban media.

In this case, we have a 1,700-word treatise on ... Chinese history. Yes, folk, Chinese history, stretching back to Marco Polo, with promises of more exciting instalments to come in the days ahead!

Sadly, the article is available so far only in Spanish.