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In reply to the discussion: Fidel Castro celebrates 90th birthday, criticises Obama in public letter [View all]reorg
(3,317 posts)95. Well, they could use better access to electronic products
which they only will be able to get, though, if the GOP knuckleheads stop vilifying the Cuban revolution and lift the embargo.
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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