Reply #3: Yup, although after overtures with the US they accepted him [View All]

[Taverner]

Castro was a player who rested on his laurels - yes many were killed, but compared to Cambodia, China and the USSR they killed relatively few

Part of that was because they got Che out of the country

He liked to kill

Castro was not a fan of killing - well not that much of a fan

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But Socialism is more like Europe - Sweden, Holland, Germany and the UK - and yes, Cuba.

Cuba tried communism, but rather than push the details, they went with a more socialist apparatus

Consider that this place (Cuba) is rather rich in mineral wealth (oil)

I am surprised that the new Russia dropped them