Plus any country has a right to choose its foreign policy. The US proclaims this as a principle when it comes to Eastern European countries joining NATO and getting nuclear missiles. But if someone else does it does (like Cuba) it is not allowed. In other words each country is free to become a US ally. This is pure…

Well the Cuban invited Soviet missiles after the Bay of Pigs. It was becoming clear that if Cuba was to move toward socialism and independence from the US, it would surely be invaded. The US was not prepared to allow any county in its backyard (see monroe doc) to go its separate way, nevermind a former virtual colony.…

America’s obsession with this island elevated it as a symbol in a way that while it may not have exactly helped Cuba, really made the United States look petty.

yuck

What about competitive elections and a private media which is anti-Chavista, to the point of having supported a military coup against him in 2002?

You have yet to prove that Castro enriched himself or his family in any remotely notable way. Corruption in Cuba does not begin to compare with the corruption in rich democratic countries and it is essentially microscopic relative the aircraft-carrier scale of corruption that is the norm in other developing countries.

Here’s the logic used by true American patriots. Communism is extremely bad in every way. Corruption is bad. Therefore Castro is extremely corrupt. QED.

His actions resulted in an entire generation living in fear of nuclear annihilation.

Sounds legit.

That’s really lame. Russia has been trolling American and world politics really hard in recent years, but its miles away from mind control and their propaganda is quite primitive. If you really want to see a well oiled mind-control system in action look no further than the US.

+1. Sounds legit. There are lots of tall tales about Cuba.

Tough luck. He’s been out of power for years and the system will continue without him. So you are not actually anticipating any political changes, you’re just happy that someone you were taught to hate by official propaganda is dead. Thanks for sharing your bile.

Your “left-leaning” friends are actually right-wing assholes. American liberals are actually on the far-right of the international political spectrum. I expect the Daily Kos will run an anti-communist flag-waving diatribe any minute now.

Fuck Castro.

Castro did not stick it to the man, the man came at him. The US has been alone in torturing Cuba for 50 years. So you are shifting the responsibility.

No Trump will never say that. Trump, like many “liberal” posters here, is a right-wing asshole. For r-w assholes, hysterical hatred toward the Cuban revolution is a matter of sacred principle.

As if that’s in any way comparable to what Cuba did.

somebody here has a brain. +1

Really? I am sure he had millions of dollars stashed away, private yachts and lived in a palace. It is absolutely hilarious when people talk about high-level corruption and graft in Cuba. It’s the one country in the world where it’s basically not a thing. (compared to corruption in other countries it’s a spec of dust…

Batista was far worse than Castro. There is no need equivocate on this point—it’s basically acknowledged by everyone outside of the United States, which has been brainwashed by anti-Cuban propaganda for 50 years.