¡Viva Cuba!

Cuban President Fidel Castro is "alive and very alert" after undergoing surgery and ceding power to his brother, Raul.

The older Castro, 79, has not been seen in public since his ailment was announced and that he was temporarily relinquishing power to his brother, who is currently the defense chief.

According to the article on breitbart.com, Castro has been forced to have a period of rest after he underwent a complicated surgery to repair internal bleeding. With Castro's absence from the public eye, this has fueled speculation that he might be deathly ill, if not already dead.

With the relinquishing of power to comrades, many analysts say these events suggests the communist government is preparing for its transition strategy, possibly as a confidence-builder for Raul Castro. People in Cuba are very familar with Raul, but according to reports he is not seen as charsimatic as his elder brother.

Cuban-Americans in Miami, Florida have been going wild and crazy at the thought of the death of Fidel Castro. Many of these Cuban-Americans still have family living under the dictatorship and see his death as a potential advantage to get family members over to the U.S.

The questions remain though, what will Cuba be like post-Fidel Castro and how much money the U.S. will have to pump into the country for "relief efforts".