a few other details before I give this up for the night This looks like the real thing, peeps. The state hospital where he's having the surgery was reportedly locked down completely sometime yesterday. The announcement of this surgery thing and transfer-of-power was important enough to justify an interruption of a very popular telenovela, which is a very, VERY rare move. And in case you've forgotten already, the man really did look like he was at death's door last week in Argentina, and again for the 7/26 speeches. Apparently things are pretty mellow in Cuba, with not much of an increased security presence on the coast or in Havana, but Miami is going apeshit. Holy crap.

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