He lured people to his cause to revolt saying he’d restore power to the people. Then kept the power all to himself and then gave power to his brother. He promised communism and gave Cuba a monarchy.

She must have been a really bad person. Smuggling jewelry to escape being executed. Who did she think she was? A Jew from Poland.... In the 30's??

Now if Kim Jung Un and Robert Mugabe would kindly swallow many bullets the world would be a better place without these despots.

Canadians definitely have a different perspective on both the US and Cuba - it was not coincidental that Trudeau the elder was the first NATO head of government to visit the island.

Hey dumbass if the jewelry fit in a fucking diaper then it’s not like she was smuggling the crown jewels. You do realize “flee with whatever they could carry” is pretty typical for a refugee, right? A refugee trying not to be killed by an opressive regime?

You should really educate yourself before making such ignorant comments. On both my parents side, immediate family members of mine were executed. Neither of my patents were wealthy. Che, per the request of Castro, executed my grandfather by a firing squad. FOR NO FUCKING REASON - just b/c he wanted my family’s…

Not soon enough.

Mugabe is also on track to die of old age soon.

As opposed to all those Communist movements that benefitted the people instead? It’s an inherently flawed ideology, like fascism.

Castro went after everyone who had a modicum of wealth and privilege, regardless of their personal conduct or involvement with the former regime. That’s simple class warfare, not justice.

Likely still not great, as Castro’s Cuba was hostile to foreign investment and ownership. It’s still a Communist country, and everything it has to export consists of agricultural products that can be obtained elsewhere at competitive prices, tourism, and more recently, medical research. The US was never holding…

It can be a bit rich, but then you get into a position where no one is allowed to speak out against anything because no one nation is pure enough. I see it with Venezuela a lot, people will go to bat for the government while ignoring all the awful things it has done. Doesn’t help that every time I see pictures of my…

I cracked a beer in celebration hearing of his death. Now if Kim Jung Un and Robert Mugabe would kindly swallow many bullets the world would be a better place without these despots.

It’s bad when it is done everywhere. Bad things happening in one place don’t excuse them in another.

I’m more inclined to listen to actual Cubans who lived through his regime. I had a teacher who had escaped, having to hide some of her family’s jewelry in her baby’s diaper and escaped by the skin of her teeth (having lost her dad and other family members to Castro’s men). I don’t think that had anything to do with…

Probably how he and the leaders were without want, as opposed to the regular population.

The dismiss button lets me silence dissent like Castro’s regime!

I have family members saying the same thing. Fidel betrayed the people and later, manipulated VZLA, and now look at Caracas. His regime never could provide decent food, but never skimped on PR.

My mom called me crying from a casino in Vegas. She was born in Havana a month after he took power and lived in that hell for twelve years. I’m so happy my Grandpa got to see this day. Fuck Castro.

Good. Fuck him. Like many “communist” predecessors, he abused a system meant for the people to benefit himself first and foremost.