Cuba's Fidel Castro Has Died..

Former Cuba President Fidel Castro, has died aged 90..

• 1926: Born in the south-eastern Oriente Province of Cuba

• 1953: Imprisoned after leading an unsuccessful rising against Batista's regime

• 1955: Released from prison under an amnesty deal

• 1956: With Che Guevara, begins a guerrilla war against the government

• 1959: Defeats Batista, sworn in as prime minister of Cuba

• 1961: Fights off CIA-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion by Cuban exiles

• 1962: Sparks Cuban missile crisis by agreeing that USSR can deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba

• 1976: Elected president by Cuba's National Assembly

• 1992: Reaches an agreement with US over Cuban refugees

• 2008: Stands down as president of Cuba due to health issues

 

Just to add,also survived numerous CIA assassination attempts.

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NqQIm-AtsXs

 

Expelled the US Mafia from Cuba




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When I was in Cuba some years ago, I couldn't believe the ignorance, and oppression of the people, you didn't seem to be wanted there, you were needed.
My daughter was having her hair braided in the salon, and I spoke with the lovely lady doing daughters hair, for over 2 hrs!
I asked her why so many people seemed so sad?
She explained about how it was to live in Cuba!
That every child has education, free even to university!
That every person has at least one hot meal a day!
That everyone earned the same wage, to encourage people to be what you wanted, but not to be greedy!
She said the people you see fleeing abroad were greedy, they have everything they need, why do you need more?
I kind of understood what she meant, and I asked how do people save for luxury things, she said luxury is to be greedy.. travel? Why do you need to travel, everything is just the same! What if you wanted to buy some nice jewellery? She asked why I would want it in the first place, that her wedding ring was probably older than I was..they pass them on..

She had an answer for everything, and it all made sense! But never did that beautiful woman smile.. we gave her a tip, and it went in an official looking box!

I get you Fidel Castro! But I wish your people could smile!

I wont ever return to Cuba, but I get what he did for his people so they could live independently.. and I guess one day. Who knows? The people will smile

RIP Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz

 

I hope they're not hanging out now, cause Tito's probably/hopefully burning in hell

 

Crowds of Cuban exiles in Miami are currently celebrating Castro's death.They are most definitely are not sanctifying him.They are very happy he's gone.

 

So now what? We're already working on improving relations with Cuba, will this help speed the process? Granted Fidel hasn't been active in government for several years but he still cast a long shadow. Will Cuba be more receptive now?

 

I recall from a time, long ago from my youth, a revolutionary hero, who championed truth,
With/for the people a victory came, and life in that island was never the same.

[SIZE=10.5pt]Ruled with an Iron fist, never showing a fear, Even when nuclear war - was seen near,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Acts that made many, to question his lead, saw attempts to remove him - fail to succeed [/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]Longevity sees - be they Good folk or Bad, Legends created - a Nation now sad[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Because of an icon - no longer lives here, But forever remembered, as a rebel held dear[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm1anurhbeg[/SIZE]

 

Change in Cuba? I'm not sure, I guess it depends what if anything his brother now changes!
I know the people wouldn't even touch dollar's, there were signs everywhere, no dollar's..will it take a change of generations to change attitudes? Most likely...

 

Maybe, (taking another page from History), that perhaps, a look at the 'post Franco era' as a scenario would be a possibility - as with most/all things "Time will tell"

 

Good riddance. Now if only his ideals and philosophies would die with him.

 

You mean like " literacy growing dramatically, racism eliminated, public health care repaired and enhanced, the electric grid was expanded to the countryside, full employment provided, along with new medical facilities and schools being constructed" ?

 

For his country, he brought stability and what they needed for a decent life.
Maybe no frills but I guess it beats people sleeping in the streets/allies/irrigation gutters, like some do here in the U.S.

My question is, was the heavy handedness of America in the late fifties/early sixties what drove him to try to "do us in"?
I wasn't quite here yet, so all I know is what I was told by my parents. And the media.
But how did our media present it back then? Truthfully? I wonder...
Sometimes I wonder what was real, and what we've been told.
I don't believe Communism is any way to live. Look at N.Korea...I know someone who came here from South Korea.
Who has family in N. Korea. She says there's an instant difference after you cross the border. They put all their money into the military.
She says it is so drab there, downright depressing. I've seen pics of Cuba, doesn't look so bad.

Russia couldn't have been too good either, very high alcoholic rate with their workforce.
Sometimes I just wonder, what it's worth to give supreme power to one person.
Now I'm probably just rambling...any thoughts?

 

If anything he was responsible for the conservation and preservation of classic cars.. lol..

 

Communism is a failed experiment. It just doesn't work the way Karl Marx envisioned it. "From each according to his abilites, to each according to his needs"? Such a system discourages abilites and encourages needs.

We're not ants working selflessly for the greater good of the system, we're human beings and we're anything but selfless. People living under a communist regime must be forced to go along with it, and that dooms the system from the start.

 

There seems to be a big gap between birth and being arrested.

 

So mass murder, human rights violations, and persecution of homosexuals is totally fine as long as it's done in the name of socialism? Ok got it. I'll jot that down so I never forget