If only Robert Horry had come out of retirement for this series...

The corruption before Castro doesn’t excuse what came after. Fidel was a war criminal. Straight up.

Absolutely false. Cuba was a gem pre-Castro. It was THE tourist destination in the Carribean. You’re thinking Haiti, when you should be thinking Cayman Islands or Barbados.

...to bring up probably false accusations of kleptocracy against Cuba.

But did he really need to put those folks in prisons for it though? What’s wild is even Ted Cruz’s dad was imprisoned for the money they had. It’s one thing to go from being rich to being poor, it’s another to prevent defections by shooting up refugee boats, executing and getting rid of opposition newspapers, and…

Except you made things black and white when you said this:

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??

Yep. Reminds me of people who point at current refugees and say “Wait, why do they have cell phones?” Clearly they’re not desititute enough to be real refugees.

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…

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’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.

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.