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??

Yeah, the framing in this article is so laughable and ignorant it left me speechless. “Ceausescu died today. He is credited with the creation of an impressive dam which generates electricity for millions. [he also maimed and killed and inprisoned people and destroyed any and all rights and kept his country at the edge…

May he burn in hell. He and Che murdered my grandfather via firing squad just b/c he owned land and airplanes. My entire family lost their land and had no choice but to escape to a foreign land (US). Fuck him and all of you who glorify him and his regime.

But he is also responsible for the central planning blunders and stifling government controls that – along with the US embargo – have strangled the economy, leaving most Cubans scrabbling for decent food and desperate for better living standards.