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In reply to the discussion: It's not as simple as "Castro was an evil dictator". [View all]flamingdem
(39,354 posts)51. Ironically it may be pressure from Putin that saves Cuba
from Trump. Otherwise he put Claver-Clarone on his transition team and he's the most right wing of them all.
See his blog Capitol Hill Cubans. And he gets a ton of $ from the government to push his right wing agenda.
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That sounds like a fair deal. Some of the Cuban doctors don't seem to like their deal as much.
hughee99
Nov 2016
#20
Dear respected DUer: Allow me to dissent. If the "evil dictator" is too simple, at least
UTUSN
Nov 2016
#10
Fine. It still goes without saying that, if the revolution, with its flaws, had been overthrown
Ken Burch
Nov 2016
#21
about a year before Obamas new Cuba policy, russia was going to start oil drilling
Sunlei
Nov 2016
#14
If they want socialism, communism, or capitalism it should be up to the people who live there throug
hrmjustin
Nov 2016
#26
There will only be fair and free elections when the current dictator allows them.
hrmjustin
Nov 2016
#30
If they hated him, hated socialism, hated communism, he'd have been gone years ago
Warpy
Nov 2016
#32
Isn't amazing that the free and fair Cuban elections keep the Castro bros. in power for 50 years?
brooklynite
Nov 2016
#42
It's something I usually see Trump trolls(We could call them "Trumplestiltskins")
Ken Burch
Nov 2016
#44
It's a way of saying "your opinion is not worthy of any respect-and you didn't even mean it".
Ken Burch
Nov 2016
#58
Why not consider staying on topic? This is not an invitation to take a kick at all leftists.
Judi Lynn
Nov 2016
#43
They turned Miami into what the FBI termed "America's Murder Capital" at one time.
Judi Lynn
Nov 2016
#60