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Judi Lynn
(160,755 posts)50. Yeah, sure. How thoughtful. n/t
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Fidel Castro celebrates 90th birthday, criticises Obama in public letter [View all]
Joisey Boy
Aug 2016
OP
Visiting somewhere and meeting a few locals does not make one a expert either.
EX500rider
Aug 2016
#37
You attempt to address someone who lived there, who taught classes there, who has been back forth
Judi Lynn
Aug 2016
#45
He said "Most all have never been there to see the island nor met any Cubans in Cuba..."
EX500rider
Aug 2016
#48
Ungrateful is without a doubt the oddest word you could use against a man who has been the target
Judi Lynn
Aug 2016
#83
For US Americans wanting to move there, the US refuses to send their social security
Judi Lynn
Aug 2016
#103
Cuba is so amazingly awesome that people risk their lives to get there on home made rafts.
Throd
Aug 2016
#11
I'd pretend that's what was being argued as well if I too, had nothing of substance to offer.
LanternWaste
Aug 2016
#29
From which terrifying dictator are the hundreds of people who die in the desert,
Judi Lynn
Aug 2016
#43
Why did all the people who have died in the desert, mountains, rivers, canals try to reach the US?nt
Judi Lynn
Aug 2016
#60
Marti referred to his time living in the US as being "in the belly of the beast." Nice try. n/t
Judi Lynn
Aug 2016
#44
Castro's ideal was Marxism. And Marxist ideals are the driving force of the Cuban constitution.
Mika
Aug 2016
#23
This is what happens when an open democracy in Latin America butts heads with US interests.
killbotfactory
Aug 2016
#24
The U.S. will never admit that the people of Cuba have done better with Castro
dflprincess
Aug 2016
#20
Thank God the United States have never had leaders who were interested in power & wealth.
dflprincess
Aug 2016
#58
You do understand that they didn't have those rights with Batsta either don't you
dflprincess
Aug 2016
#64
Soon the Cuban people will have the revolution they should have had 50 years ago
hack89
Aug 2016
#80
What would you call a state like Batista's, which had death squads combing the streets
Judi Lynn
Aug 2016
#65
Yes, they could really appreciate finally getting permission to have their own
Judi Lynn
Aug 2016
#99
Funny how, for 55 years, the only people able to lead Cuba were Fidel and his brother...
brooklynite
Aug 2016
#21
So Cubans can start political parties and challenge the Communist Party for power?
hack89
Aug 2016
#36
I sucked up all the propaganda, too, on Cuba, dumb as mud, never questioning.
Judi Lynn
Aug 2016
#32
Sad, but true. Their deliberate deceit wouldn't be bound to only one part of their foreign policy.
Judi Lynn
Aug 2016
#42
Another reason to despise the useless old fuck, but I learned a lot from his DU Defenders!
WillyBrandt
Aug 2016
#55
You simply don't know enough about Cuba to realize people from Latin America do go there.
Judi Lynn
Aug 2016
#68
I guess being a revolutionary entitles you to 60 years of being a despot. nt
Dreamer Tatum
Aug 2016
#94
Are you under the impression that Fidel did not rule the country for almost 50 yrs..
EX500rider
Aug 2016
#107
