> uvj at vsnl.com wrote:
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> >Fidel Castro supports Nepal king
>
> Weird. Is this out of solidarity with another old guy in power
> threatened by popular unrest, or is it more political than that?
I don't know. I guess it could be determined by the US policy that has hijacked the democratic platform globally. So China, Cuba and Pakistan are pro monarchy, since they don't have liberal democratic institutions and they can't support Maoists. But it's my guess, I don't know what drives Cuban foreign policy. We really have traveled a vast distance since Rosa Luxemburg's writings on Russian Revolution.
Nepali Maoists' recent positions have explained in the following interviews given by Maoist leader Prachanda to the Hindu. Maoists now claim to believe in multi-party democracy !
Ulhas
1. The Hindu http://www.hinduonnet.com/
Thursday, Feb 09, 2006
Opinion - Interviews
>From people's war to competitive democracy
http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/09/stories/2006020905261100.htm
Siddharth Varadarajan
As leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Prachanda is arguably the most important political player in the Himalayan kingdom today. In an exclusive face-to-face interview with The Hindu, he discusses his party's road map for the end to monarchy and the creation of a democratic republic in Nepal.
2. The Hindu http://www.hinduonnet.com/
Friday, Feb 10, 2006
Opinion - Interviews
"Multiparty democracy in Nepal will be message to Indian Naxalites" http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/10/stories/2006021005161100.htm
Siddharth Varadarajan
In the second and final part of this exclusive interview with The Hindu, Maoist leader Prachanda provides his evaluation of the role of India, China, and the United States in the struggle for democracy in Nepal. And he has words of advice for the Maoists in India: it is time you started thinking about multiparty competitive democracy as well.