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In reply to the discussion: I loved Fidel [View all]brooklynite
(96,882 posts)123. Curfew, press censorship, travel bans, suspended civil rights...
...too bay Marcos didn't just offer everyone fee health care.
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"I loved Fidel - that simple." Love is irrational. You have placed yourself outside of reason.
Maru Kitteh
Nov 2016
#34
And remember that all the world is considered a US area of vital interest. eom
guillaumeb
Nov 2016
#112
BFD, they can't do anything with that education. They can hardly EAT. They cannot own their own
secondwind
Nov 2016
#8
His people would disagree with you, malaise. Big time.. He separated families, ripped children from
secondwind
Nov 2016
#7
Are you unware it was the CIA who created that rumor which got the middle & upper class parents,
Judi Lynn
Nov 2016
#18
Here's some objectivity: he is worth just short of A BILLION. while his country starved...
secondwind
Nov 2016
#10
Someone already tried to plant that "wisdom" from Forbes years ago, and it wasn't true then, either.
Judi Lynn
Nov 2016
#27
My dear Malaise, while healthcare is available to all, it is not that simple.. In Cuba,
secondwind
Nov 2016
#14
Say, do you have a link to a truthful source about that tragic sob-fest breakdown at a mall?
Judi Lynn
Nov 2016
#28
The US Navy used to use Cuba as a Rest and Relaxation port. Really whooped it up for a while!
Judi Lynn
Nov 2016
#29
Castro's treatment of the Cuban people was similar to the Israeli treatment of Palestinians
oberliner
Nov 2016
#47
Who hated first? He ran United Fruit and the mafia out of Cuba. United Fruit was Dulles's baby.
Zen Democrat
Nov 2016
#55
My family fled Mao's China. Dead communists are always cause for celebration.
name not needed
Nov 2016
#70
Recommended. But he will also be judged for his position on human rights. eom
guillaumeb
Nov 2016
#103
Castro is burning in hell for all the people he exiled, imprisoned and killed
LittleBlue
Nov 2016
#115
I have to respectfully disagree. Castro was a dictator which goes against everything
madinmaryland
Nov 2016
#119