Castro! honourable Evil genious, or hated figure of power?
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I'd like to ask Brendan, if the Cuban people love Castro so much, why are they all living in Miami?
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Yes.  My two cents...  Expect relations to thaw the day Castro passes away (soon).  Everything is set in place for a thaw in relations, however waiting for a new leader would carry far less political risk than forgiving Castro himself.
1055407
hate the wealthy and powerful!!
627273
Castro will never die in spirit.\n\nViva la Revollucion!
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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.
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FIRST FIDEL CASTRO WAS A PETTY THIEF JAILED BY BATISTA (in the 50s)REPEATEDLY,THEN BATISTA PARDONED HIM.\nCASTRO MASS MURDERED THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF CUBANS THAT DISAGREED WITH HIM OR WERE PART OF THE OLD REGIME.\nHE SEIZED FORIEGN BUSIONESS'HIS BROTHER RAUL NOW RUNS THE COUNTRY.\n*HE HAS RUINED THE CUBAN SUGAR CAINE INDUSTRY!\n*CUBAN CIGARS ORIGINALLY THE FINEST IN THR WORLD,ARE TOTAL GARBAGE.ORIGINALLY EVERY BOX PURCHASED WAS OF THE FINEST QUALITY,NOW THEY MIX TOBACCO LEAVES FROM DIFFERENT FARMS.\n&#92;ITS ESTIMATED HE SENT 25,000-to-50,000 soldiers to ANGOLA TO FIGHT IN AFRICA,If they did'nt get killed in fighting,& were captured,they were hung or shot by firing squads,all were buried is mass un-narked graves,to this day mother& fathers,still have no idea where their children are buried.\nCASTRO EVEN SENT HIS TRUSTED ADVISOR,CHE GUAVERA(the great Guerilla fighter & Doctor to Bolivia well knowing he would be captured & killed(at the request of the forme Soviet Union.There is no comparisonmCASTRO IS THE SCUM OF THE EARTH(too bad that John & Bobby Kennedy did'nt have the guts to rid cuba of this tyrant)INCIDENTLY CUBA IS THE BIGGEST DRUG PROCESSING COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.Ronnie
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Last night I watched Bill Moyers interview of Salman Rushdie on PBS - first of a new seven part series - and Mr Rushdie addressed this issue.  \n\nHis comment was that people who have never experienced freedom don't know that other avenues are available, and I agree.  \n\nWith the usual total control of the instruments of suppression, the military, secret police, the newspapers and other information media, and the often fatal consequences for disobedience it is probably remarkable that any of these people rebel.  Additionally, keeping body and soul together in most dictatorships doesn't leave time for much else.  \n\nThat mindset take a long time to change.  The Internet should help.  \n\nCuba is a bit different in that Castro replaced a government that was corrupt and his early supporters remembered.  \n\nRemember, too, where the is no free press there isn't much debate.
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ineptitarian. I don't like what he stands for, but I wouldn't wish for anyone to be assassinated. Except, maybe Plankton. He's always trying to get Sponge Bob in trouble.
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It's interesting, because I don't know that there are "countries" that hate us.  There may be a country's leader that "hates" america (Hugo Chavez of Venezuela certainly didn't like American capitalism, but I wouldn't say Venezuelans hate America) -- such as Fidel Castro of Cuba, probably the leaders of the Palestinian Authority, Qadafi of Libya (up until recently), some hardline Chinese communist leaders; and there may be some countries in which a majority of the people don't have a favorable image of America (I'd include North Korea, Iran, and, to a lesser extent, France), but I don't think there are countries that "hate" us, perhaps the way it was during the cold war.\n\nMost enemies of the U.S. today would be categorized into two camps -- rogue groups of non-nation states (like al Qaeda) and economic "enemies" who simply want to displace America as the great economic superpower (like China, India, and, to a lesser extent, the E.U.)  Both must be considered.
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Stupid people in power!
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It's definitely a shame when authority figures abuse their power, and it's often difficult to bring justice since they are in certain ways "above the law" though they shouldn't be.\n\nHowever, I'm not quite sure what the question here is. I'm sorry, but it's very hard to follow.
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absolute power corrupts absolutely. if the labor camps are true, and i believe they are, this is a man who calculates the tyranny he inflicts. it is as if he sees himself as godlike. much like the stalins and hitlers of the world. they answer to no one and god forbid you disagree. there are several leaders around the world who feel they do not have to answer to the people. it is not corruption it is VANITY. this guy is a joke and should be taken out by his own people.
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I can't say that i know it for sure, but it seems to be the true. I don't know if it is about backing that sick behaviour, but only in the way of backing up a very wealthy person who can give him economical support for his political career. \nAny way you see it, this is a shame for my country, to find people that can act in the way they act against a journalist, and the way they manage the justice in the state of Puebla is something that have to be punished in order to avoid this kind of acts to happen again.
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He is villain,\ngiving hard time to \nglobal community.
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GWB may be really in a sense "evil" in your POV but he is still a human capable of mistakes. Death is not an option for him. With all the things that are happening in America today, I'm sure he is as stressed as hell.\n\nAs, for the president of the Philippines, well, the Philippines suffered from corruption and all that sh*t. And I'm sure there will be a lot more. Death is not also the option for her, but she does has the guts, after all that she did, she still can stand tall (even though she's short) and look at the Filipinos even though her countrymen wants her out of the office. It's something.\n\nAnd also, if they by any chance die, what will happen to the countries they left hanging in jeopardy? More people will suffer from it, especially here in the Phils. Who will take their place? A more "evil" leader?\n\nLet's just hope for the best. \n\nPS:\n\nI don't admire any of those two, but I'm sure they are doing what thet can if not their very best for their countries. Let's just hope that the things that they are doing won't hurt anymore of their countrymen.
210511
YAWN.   George bush at least we are allowed to Verbally bash the President in this country try doing that in Cuba.
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In many, many ways can the "leadership" style of Dubya be compared to Adolph Hitler. Both are facists. Both are arrogant and live in worlds of altered reality. Both are anti-diversity and both are considered by most of the rest of the world to practice hegemony. Although Hitler committed suicide as his end, I believe Bush, Jr. will live out the rest of his days (daze) at his ranch in Crawford, Texas as a virtual pariah.