{"id":40359,"date":"2015-01-09T16:24:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T20:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oncubamagazine.com\/?p=40359"},"modified":"2018-10-04T13:07:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T17:07:05","slug":"has-social-media-killed-fidel-castro-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/society-cuba\/has-social-media-killed-fidel-castro-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Social Media Killed Fidel Castro Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social media is abuzz with rumors that Cuba\u2019s former Communist leader, Fidel Castro, has died\u2014again.<\/p>\n<p>The 88-year-old guerilla leader turned head of state was last seen in public 365 days ago at an art gallery in Havana. It is his longest public hiatus since stepping down temporarily in 2006 to seek treatment for illness.<\/p>\n<p>Late Thursday, various media outlets\u2014including the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera and Diario de Cuba\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.diariodecuba.com\/cuba\/1420761652_12219.html\">published reports<\/a> stating Cuban officials had called for a press conference Friday morning to break the news.<\/p>\n<p>Adding more fuel to the fire, other outlets claimed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro urgently travelled to the island 90 miles from the Florida straits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.24-horas.mx\/cuba-desmiente-conferencia-por-supuesta-muerte-de-fidel-castro\/\">Cuba\u2019s Center for International Journalists denied the rumors<\/a> on Friday, saying, \u201cNo such press conference was set to take place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, casting doubt on Friday\u2019s allegations is a possible mix-up with Fidel Castro Odinga, son of a prominent Kenyan politician who was named after the Cuban leader. Odinga died several days ago at the age of 41.<\/p>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t be the first time that social media \u201ckilled\u201d the iconic Cuban leader during the past seven years, since <em>El Comandante <\/em>retired from office in 2008 and was succeeded by his brother Raul. In the past, similar rumor mills have attracted worldwide attention and even been condemned by the Cuban government.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2012, the Associated Press reported that state-run media site Cubadebate directly accused Twitter of helping spread misinformation by allowing the hastag #fidelcastro to become a trending topic.<\/p>\n<p>It was only last month that Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro ended five decades of a staunch d\u00e9tente by announcing that both countries would normalize relations. To the surprise of many, Fidel did not pen one of his columns in the official paper nor appear on national TV.<\/p>\n<p>The historic Dec. 17 deal was announced was announced following secret negotiations over 18 months between senior officials from both governments. The agreement also included the exchange of men held on espionage charges by both countries.<\/p>\n<p>What is true is that we haven\u2019t heard anything from <em>El Comandante<\/em> himself. And apparently for now from Havana, mum is the word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media is abuzz with rumors that Cuba\u2019s former Communist leader, Fidel Castro, has died\u2014again. The 88-year-old guerilla leader turned head of state was last seen in public 365 days ago at an art gallery in Havana. It is his longest public hiatus since stepping down temporarily in 2006 to seek treatment for illness. 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