Verbotten!

Traffic has been declared verbotten from 5:00 am this morning in certain areas of Havana, so the security forces can conduct their surveillance and sweeps in advance for the coronation of Queen Raula La Horrible.
Granma (la abuelita, as el Guinero calls it)also lets the population know that there will be 21 cannon salvos fired in the area of the parade. I think that they are doing it so people don't come out with American and Cuban flags thinking that the U.S. Marine Corps disembarked in el Malecon.
Also, there's a call to vote to all the Venezuelans who reside in Cuba. As y'all know, everyone of them will vote for Chavez, even if they write Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse on their ballots. Every vote will be a vote for El Mico, and I am afraid that in Venezuela proper it will be like that too.
Yesterday, Juan Almeida Bosque presided over the military parade that took place in Santiago de Cuba. One wonders whether they have anybody else left in the top tier of government in Cuba when they place an irrelevant man as Almeida in front of the crowds.... but then one realizes that it's totally political: Almeida is well liked in Santiago, he's black. The majority of the population in Santiago is black as well, so it explains the selection. Almeida has been known for his liking of heavy spirits, young starlets, and for being some sort of composer, or passing for one.
Our sources in Cuba say that Granma sounds kind of "obituary-like" in every piece that they publish mentioning kasstro. Let's see what kind of circus is in store for us tomorrow. What a pathetic way to start a Saturday in Havana.