Why is Fidel wearing tracksuits?

Below is a transcript of the conversation I had this weekend in Orange County, California, with a friend, a self-proclaimed Valley Girl: AFP Friend: What’s the deal with Fidel Castro? Me: What about him? Friend: For decades, all he wears are drab, olive fatigues or uniforms. Then he gets sick, and now he’s wearing tracksuits? ...

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Below is a transcript of the conversation I had this weekend in Orange County, California, with a friend, a self-proclaimed Valley Girl:

Below is a transcript of the conversation I had this weekend in Orange County, California, with a friend, a self-proclaimed Valley Girl:

AFP

Friend: What’s the deal with Fidel Castro?

Me: What about him?

Friend: For decades, all he wears are drab, olive fatigues or uniforms. Then he gets sick, and now he’s wearing tracksuits?

Me: Yeah. So?

Friend: That’s just wrong. Who does he think he is? Snoop Dogg?

(For more serious commentary on what ails Fidel, check out the recent commentary from august Cuba expert Brian Latell on his website and in a recent Newsweek interview. As Latell explains, Castro’s strange behavior goes far beyond his fashion shift.)

Christine Y. Chen is a senior editor at Foreign Policy.

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