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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Feeling the Bern: Why is the left lauding Fidel?

Fidel is dead. Finally. This is really not news, as in reality he's been dead for some time now. What's news is how many people who should know better write about him as if this murderer, this tyrant was some kind of a hero. Why?   Do they see boats full of people from other Caribbean islands rushing to freedom, towards a better and more fulfilling life? Do they see planeloads of Venezuelans, Bolivians and others rushing to Havana to learn how to do revolution, how straighten up their faltering revolutions, how to, finally, do it right? 

Are Cubans, after fifty plus years of his rule and thousands of dead and full prisons, so clearly better off than people in the rest of Caribbean? Are Cubans from Miami, tired in living in the corrupt, egoistic, greedy and racist America, rushing back home? Do the Russians look at the billions spend to keep him in power as an example of how to invest successfully? Are the Venezuelans celebrating the returns on their Cuban investments?   So what did he and his revolution really accomplish? How different is Cuba of Castro from Cuba of Fulgencio Batista? ..........Read more

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