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The Fierce Debate Over Castro’s Legacy
When we talk about Castro’s critics, it is worth pointing out that we are talking people who live in societies where poverty has been unofficially criminalized and the poor demonized, despised, and abandoned to a fate of destitution and despair. We are ...[Read more]
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Fidel Castro’s Cuba was accused of numerous human rights abuses — while the crimes of U.S. allies are barely mentioned
In the wake of the passing of Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, there has been no dearth of discussion of the island nation’s human rights violations. For starters, it is the definition of hypocrisy for such criticisms to come from the United ...[Read more]
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Donald Trump blasted by Russian foreign ministry over Fidel Castro criticism
After news of the former revolutionary leader of Cuba's death yesterday, Trump issued a strongly-worded statement calling Castro a "brutal dictator who oppressed his own people." That was in stark contrast to a statement issued by Russian President Vladim ...[Read more]
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Those dancing on Fidel’€™s grave may soon be disappointed
“Cuba was nothing more than a casino, a bordello before the Cuban Revolution led by the man who died yesterday and the people who fled Cuba for Miami, the Scarface generation, were the people disinherited by the Cuban revolution, when casinos were turne ...[Read more]
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9 Instances of Fidel Castro and Cubans Helping Black People Fight Colonialism and White Supremacy
The Angolan War of Independence was a struggle for control of Angola between guerrilla movements and Portuguese colonial authority. Cuba supplied the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) rebels with weapons and soldiers to fight. The Cu ...[Read more]
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Fidel Castro Will ‘Live Forever’, Says China’s President Xi Jinping
Fidel Castro will live forever, China's President Xi Jinping said on Saturday in a message read out on television following the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro. "The Chinese people have lost a good and true comrade," Mr Jinping said in a message ...[Read more]
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Pope Francis grieving Fidel Castro’s death
Pope Francis said the death of Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro was "sad news" and he was grieving. Francis expressed his condolences in a message to Fidel's brother, President Raul Castro on Saturday. The pope, who met Fidel Castro when he visite ...[Read more]
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