Fidel Castro Scores 100,000 Twitter Followers

By Michael Lopez

Believe it or not, many world leaders tweet (or, more accurately, their staff members do it for them). Barack Obama is one of the most popular with nearly 7 million followers, the posts of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez are read by 1.3 million, and now former Cuban president Fidel Castro has more than 100,000 people subscribing to his tweets.

Though the Cuban government has acknowledged that Castro doesn’t actually type the posts himself, they are all taken from his writings. Tweeted mostly in Spanish, Fidel’s ramblings are almost always political, ranging from such topics as Libya, to NATO, and beyond.

Since stepping down as Cuba’s leader in 2006, the 84-year-old has reportedly had plenty of time on his hands. According to CBS News, Castro spends hours surfing Internet news sites and is writing memoir books about his years in power.

So, are the 100,000 followers loyal Cuban citizens clinging to his every word? Not so much. As of right now, less than 2 percent of the island’s residents have access to the Internet. And even if they all did, Castro would need at least 8 million social media hounds to catch up to tweet hall of famers Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga.

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