THE CUBAN MELODRAMA. ARE WE READY?

Marta Fernandez de Batista, the widow of former Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, has died, her son said yesterday. She was 82.

Born Marta Fernandez Miranda, she was Batista's second wife.

Her husband was pushed out of power by Fidel Castro's rebels more than 47 years ago, and left Havana in the middle of the night on Jan. 1, 1959. The former dictator, then 58 years old, fled first to the Dominican Republic, then Portugal and finally Spain, where he died in 1973.

Well, Fidel Castro is the last survivor of the Cuban melodrama, but it seems that his colon cancer will take care of him very soon.

Another great story to tell.

Let´s see how we cover his final days.

This is going to be a great story.