In your personal opinion, what do you think of CUBA and its leader Fidel Castro?
457872
I think Castro has done a beautiful job of keeping America out of Cuba. The people there actually have health care, and are highly educated. I have read it was better than 90% of the people, and that is better than the United States. When Castro dies, I am sure America will do a take over most likely. We will just have to see, wont we?
380237
"You and I are told increasingly that we have to choose between a left or right, but I would like to suggest that there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down--up to a man's age-old dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order--or down to the ant heap totalitarianism, and regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course."\n\n"We have so many people who can't see a fat man standing beside a thin one without coming to the conclusion that the fat man got that way by taking advantage of the thin one. So they are going to solve all the problems of human misery through government and government planning. Well, now, if government planning and welfare had the answer and they've had almost 30 years of it, shouldn't we expect government to almost read the score to us once in a while? Shouldn't they be telling us about the decline each year in the number of people needing help? The reduction in the need for public housing?"\n\n"A young man, 21 years of age, working at an average salary...his Social Security contribution would, in the open market, buy him an insurance policy that would guarantee $220 a month at age 65. The government promises $127. He could live it up until he is 31 and then take out a policy that would pay more than Social Security. Now, are we so lacking in business sense that we can't put this program on a sound basis so that people who do require those payments will find that they can get them when they are due...that the cupboard isn't bare?"\n\n"Not too long ago two friends of mine were talking to a Cuban refugee, a businessman who had escaped from Castro, and in the midst of his story one of my friends turned to the other and said, "We don't know how lucky we are." And the Cuban stopped and said, "How lucky you are! I had someplace to escape to." In that sentence he told us the entire story. If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth."\n\n"You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness."
882156
No......Cuba has trade relations with practically every other country in the world and still can't generate a decent economy. \nFu*ck em, let the commie bas*tards rot in poverty till there is true regime change.
480145
The embargo could hardly be called a new event since it was put in place by John Kennedy. Why don't you do one based on the soon to take place change of power in Cuba. What will happen when Fidel dies? Or about how even with the increases in tourism to Cuba in recent years, the everyday person is still denied access to visiters and the illeagality of cuban ownership of any kind of foreign currency.
1176317
Cuba -- will that bug ever get squashed.  Americans have had a presence in Cuba since the Eisenhower Administration.   We are on Cuban soil; hence, anything done to anyone on Cuban soil is not covered under the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights, or the Geneva Convention Rules on Prisoners of War.\n\nAs long as America ships prisoners to countries that are not obliged to honor the Constitution, prisoners can be treated any way the captors want to treat them.  So, does that make the prisoners in Cuba any less "terrorists?"  We will never know.  \n\nI don't know if you understand this or not-----"you do know this, right?"----but America is no longer run by the people, of the people, and for the people.  America is being run by, of, and for the corporations who can pay enough money to keep this war going so they can get rich on the government contracts George Bush is giving to all the people he bankrupted in Texas.  I guess that's one way to pay off your debts!\n\nIt's sad, though, that the lives of honorable, courageous, and loyal Americans are being bought and sold to the highest bidder in the Bush Administration.
649909
I think Fidel's brother Raul is still hanging around. The Cuban Politburo might just go for him.
75938
He was charismatic, but he wasn't a great president.\n\nHis unplanned remarks to Nikita Khruschev, President of the Soviet Union, caused Khruschev to judge Kennedy to be weak.  Consequently, he installed nuclear missles in Cuba.  Kennedy reacted by blockading Cuba.  For several days in October 1963, the world was on the brink of a nuclear war.\n\nShortly after taking office, he allowed plans for an invasion of Cuba to proceed.  The invasion by Cuban refugees from Miami was a debacle that was a violation of international law and a humiliation to the United States.\n\nHe continued the program of sending military advisors to Viet Nam.  After his death, this was continued by President Lyndon Johnson and expanded into the Viet Nam war.  The Viet Nam war destroyed Johnson's presidency.\n\nTo his great credit, he was aggressive about furthering the Civil Rights movement by supporting activists with Federal authority in several high profile integration efforts.\n\nIf he had lived, almost surely he would have been elected to a second term.  He seemed to grow wiser while in office.  Would that wisdom have led him to become a great president?  Would the US have become bogged down in an unwinnable war in Viet Nam?  Would his philandering have brought him down?\n\nInteresting questions.\n\nWikipedia knows all.\n\nI was 10 when he was elected and 13 when he was assassinated.  I will never forget the optimism he brought to the country.  We believed he could lead us into the bright future.  I will never forget the terror of the Cuban Missle Crisis.  I will never forget the devastation I felt when he was assassinated.  The United States has not been the same since.  John Kennedy was the last president who _lead_ us.  Presidents after him have been followers without vision.\n\nIn 1989 (I was 39), I went to President Kennedy's grave in Arlington Cemetary.  Probably 15 or 20 people were there.  I was amazed that people were moved to silence, even those obviously born after his presidency.  I felt a great deal of reverence and had tears in my eyes.
552883
why would you even compare bush to osama? I mean at the moment, bush is trying to work against him. Bush isn't evil like the other two. Yes he has made mistakes, but his intentions are pure as opposed to Osama and Castro.
1152028
Unfortunately yes. If for no other reason than his uncanny preserverance. He has survived and led his country, though there have been many attempts on his life. He has kept alive communism in his country.\nOne can only hope that once he is out of power, Cuba can gain enough freedom to replace him with someone that has human rights as a main issue.
569940
No, because Communist Dictatorships are beginning to Flourish in Central, and South America. Most Notably Venezuela, and now Brazil.There is an Open Alliance with Cuba that, when Castro Dies, his Regime will, unfortunately Continue. I Hope I'm wrong, but I don't think so.
1092978
did you know who is paying for obradors campagne/////Fidel castro and hugo Chavez,,,did you now that the rich people from mexico are calling real estate agents in the usa to purchase homes in case obrador wins....they are saying if obrador wins it will be another cuba. reason, fidel castro came in cuba in 1959 saying that all poor people will be just like the rich///but little did the cuban people know that fidel was going to rob the rich and give to him self...cuba is a dissaster///I should know I am cuban, People in mexico need to be wise for whom they vote for, this is their future....mexico is a beautiful country, has numerous natural resources, mexico has alot to offer, but you guys need a president that will lift the economy, lifting mexicos economy, you guys would have to work for pennies here, and get insulted by people that directly or indirectly uses your resources, I hear all these people shouting, got back to your country, but mexicans work hard, and of coarse there are sme bad apples, but dont we have those everywhere, but go out and vote make a good choice, remember it is not only your future is it your peoples future.\n                         GOOD LUCK and I hope Mexico prospers and that one Day other countries will want to migrate there instead of here, darnet dont they already do that, viva latin america.\n                LOVE from cuba,,,
987153
I would love to go to Cuba - it must have a lot going for it to stand up to the sort of bullying it has suffered at the hands of a big international bully.
232445
Ernesto “Che” Guevara was more than a revolutionary he was a visionary.  He was the son of a middle class Argentinean family who chose a life of sacrifice over privilege.  He saw with his own eyes the horrible effects of oppression and the savage repercussions of the American backed dictators throughout Latin America.  He developed his personal ideology through life experience and chose to be an instrument of the people.  After Castro’s failed coup d'état and subsequent release from prison the two met in Mexico through a mutual friend.  Here he found a vehicle for his cause.  Throughout the Cuban revolution he worked his way up the ranks to Comandante because of his stringent self-discipline and courage.  After Castro took control he headed the national bank and was in charge of developing the country’s economy.  As a Socialist he sided with the Maoist rather than the Leninist school of thought.  He always felt the Kremlin was corrupt and didn’t represent a true form of Communism.  This compromised Castro’s foreign policy because after the U.S. embargo the Soviet Union purchased most of Cuba’s goods and provided stability through financial support of its economy.  Castro could not afford the strained relations with Russia so the two started to drift apart philosophically.  As a result of this and because Che was never a politician or diplomat at heart his fighting spirit led him to Africa and Bolivia. Both cases were disastrous.    In the Congo he joined a disorganized group of insurgents who were not invested in their cause.  In Bolivia he failed to recreate the conditions that made it possible for the peasant population to rise above their oppressors and gain control.  He was ultimately caught and murdered by U.S. trained Bolivian soldiers in 1967.  Whether you believe in his ideology or not you have to admire his commitment to his beliefs.  He left Cuba penniless leaving behind a wife and kids.  After his death he became idolized as a martyr for the forgotten class.  You can view him as a patriot or a murderer depending on if you are looking up or down.  He did govern with a militant fist but he lived accordingly.  \n\nWhy do so many people like him?  In my opinion, because he live and died as a man of his word, true to his beliefs and sacrificed so others may not have to.\n\nThis may be a simplistic description of his life so I can recommend a book or two if you are interested.
521882
just send it to fidel castro, carter made a deal with him to take all the cuban criminals ..they're pals
54122
The whole thing is ridiculous and is only because of an almost ancient problem with Castro.  The Cubans themselves should be allowed to be involved.  It's sports, not government.
45112
I think that they should keep the politics out of the World Baseball Classic and treat it like the Olympics. By not letting the Cuba team play, it will leave the critics too much lead wat to debate the outcome of the VERY FIRST World Baseball Classic. Since it is the 1st one, I believe that it is very important for it to be as successful as possible with as few problems on and off the field as possible. I am very excited about the pride that all the MLB players are taking in this event. \n\nOne more note on Cuba baseball. It is just totally strange to me that the 2 most successful MLB players from Cuba have been involved in Steroid cases leading to me wonder about how great the Cuba baseball organization really is. I am sure that they have good players, but the ones that have made it to the MLB have either been a flop or have been tested for steroids. \n\nI say that the USA team will be more concerned with the DOM REP team than the Cuban Team.....
27544
I think that Americans aren´t agree Chavez exterior policy to the United States and Bush administration.\nAlso, with Fidel Castro, they are changing Latin American point of view about freedom, democracy,and capitalism.Chavez give $30 millions to Bolivia, and 65% of Venezuelans are in extremely poverty. Also he´s giving free oil and gas to Argentina,Brazil,Cuba,and Caribbean islands.And he´s finnanciating pro-comunist socialist candidates, that is the case of Evo Morales in Bolivia, and Ollanta Humala in Peru. But I think that intelligent and modern left Latin American leaders like Lula,the elected Michelle Bachelet,Nestor Kirchner, etc. People who really want good relationships with US and the whole world, impede that Chavez made real the "Simon Bolivar´s dream" of integrate all Latin America in one "liberal socialist" block.