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Castro resigns as Cuba's president
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Fidel you need to be in jail.
The shadow knows.
Maybe, also, the DMN could write a glowing tribute to him after he finally dies.. a slow miserable death, I hope.
I'd bet if the embargo was ended 30 years ago the regime would have become increasingly redundant, and would have collapsed in the 80's.
Instead, here we are. It may happen yet, as Raul instigates some minor reforms, but it'll take a while.
The King is dead. Long live the King.
He talks about what we can learn from Cuba. Can't he see that Florida is filling up with those who have "escaped" from this bastion of enlightenment? Just imagine Florida if Cubans were free to leave.
And the the fakeness of the contrived rallies in Castro's support. As my friend from formerly communist Poland told me - he and his comrades by duty and fear went to the organized rallies, but on the way home they said quietly to those they hoped they could trust with their true feelings: "we've had enough of this 'communist paradise'."
Castro just shot them
Batista regime had high crime and citizens starving, but a very rich 1% calling the shots whispered to them by US officials.
Castro regime has many more poor, but not starving, and little to no crime.
Batista had religious freedom but hardly anything else
Castro the same
Batista had poor education and literacy rates.
Castro some of the highest in the world.
Batista was enormously supported and liked by the "5 mob families".
Castro was loved by all (the poor) and then his socialist ideas went sour.
The only people that know anything about Cuban history during the 20th century also know that pre-Castro was a horrible time except for the whining rich Cubans in Miami who profited off the poor every day Cuban citizen.
Castro did bring incredible reforms and with it terrible results, but no different than or worse than what went on before him.
Don't buy the embargo anti Castro rhetoric as it comes out of Miami or Bush Admin moths.
Castro never had to survive a fair vote. Once he assumed power he kept and guarded it jealously, like all communist thugs of the 20th century. And Cuba has been a ruined nation for 50 years.
Enough is enough. Dump the Fidel legacy into the sea. The man was a despot, and no amount of lipstick can beautify his piggish policies.
In addition, the Cuban people have good education, social, medical systems and a lot of positives in their lifestyle.
It is interesting that they rebelled against a obressive government supported by the US, (why has nothing been learned by US administrations since then).
Long live Castro and the will of the Cuban people!
We allow fleeing Cubans to come ashore and make them US citizens because we fear political reprisal from the corrupt Ex-Cuban wealthy in Florida, yet we criminalize fleeing Mexicans who are leaving often times worse living conditions and circumstances than those of Cuba.
Will the USA *ever* learn to keep their interfering noses out of the affairs of other countries?
Let he who never smoked a Cuban cigar cast the first stone :-)
Very, very naive statement that's not even remotely accurate. Not only was Guantanamo not a "torture prison" (there were some cases of torture there and a fair amount of harsh interrogation techniques {I'm not talking about water boarding} - which are not torture), most major (and minor) countries have secret prisons or use harsh interrogation techniques (or torture). The U.S. is just who gets talked about. If you look at China or many Middle Eastern countries you find actual torture going on - not maybe-torture stuff like water boarding (which I do believe is torture - it's just not legally and definitely defined as torture). There are many countries that don't hold prisoners indefinitely without trial, they just kill them.
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Cuba is the only country on the planet where a military base and now a torture prison for people held indefinitely without charge or trial continues to occupy a part of the country�s territory. This is done by the United States government, whose public legislation commits it to the overthrow of the Cuban system and the restoration of capitalism. Through the laws such as Helms-Burton and Torricelli, and the Cuban Adjustment Act, Washington works ACTIVELY to overthrow the Cuban system.
Some things work, some don�t. Like any society, Cuba its flaws and contradictions, as well as solid achievements. No society is perfect. We can certainly learn a few things from Cuba�s experience. I think we can learn more than a few. If we want to bring freedom to Cuba, the best thing we can do is practice what we preach.
It's time and overtime to normalize relations with our small island neighbor. Both societies could benefit from a relaxation of tension between the two countries.