Reply #57: Murderous, maybe; tyrannical, most certainly

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Consider this: of the 124 journalists that worldwide on January 1, 2004 were held imprisoned for the "crime" of governmental disapproval of their work no less than 30 sit in Cuban cells.*

Tyrannical by any standard.

Don't give me distracting nonsense about providing health care and education with universal access - at that price, that's not acceptable.

Fidel Castro was understandably a cult figure / "antihero" in the 60s - today he should be treated like the tyrannical thug that he is.

And that in turn has nothing to do with the criminal nature of the still persisting economic blockade.

Oh yeah, as to the "murderous" qualifier: if you're against death penalty (I am) both Cuba and the US qualify.

*Edited to add the relevant source