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Fidel Castro is dead
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Gamma Rays
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Cybsled
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Honestly relations do need to be normalized with Cuba, because it makes the US look like a butthurt salty noob that is still QQ over shit in the 1950s and 60s. Fidel being out of the picture will help a bit, because he was still against the reunification even though his brother has been trying to push through reforms to loosen the island up.
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Ossoi
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Name the Cuban leader that's been in power since 1959
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Quineloe
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Xequecal
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Yeah, this. There is no rational basis for embargoing Cuba while having China as our biggest trade partner other than, "Cuba is a tiny irrelevant country, so we can use them to pretend we care about anti-Communism without it really costing us anything."
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khorum
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I'm glad he lived long enough to see the Soviet Union go bankrupt and collapse, the maoists denounced, the Chinese communists' embrace of unfettered capilalism validated in the most spectacular way, and how his own experiment with collectivism turned his country, North Korea and Venezuela into utter shitholes.
I only wished he'd lived longer to see the return of American casinos back in Havana and to see the parade of young Cuban hookers lining up to earn fratboy dollars as far as the eye can see.
I only wished he'd lived longer to see the return of American casinos back in Havana and to see the parade of young Cuban hookers lining up to earn fratboy dollars as far as the eye can see.
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iannis
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I honestly wonder if they had any mechanism for the peaceful transfer of power, considering the way that Castro seized it. It seems to me that they've been refusing to admit castro is dead for the past five years because they had no other choice, not because they're some ideologically backwards island of commie savages.
And he died RIGHT as Obama is ready to leave office. Curious timing, if you ask me.
They must feel secure enough in his brother's authority now. But his brother is no young man, either, and I don't know that they've fixed their underlying problem of "who's the new king?".
Hopefully thought they did take the past five years to fix that problem while they were shoring up Raul's powerbase.
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hodj
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Raul has already said he will leave office 2018.
Who the fuck knows whats going to happen.
My prediction is that Raul cedes the power to some cabal of leaders who, about 10 minutes later, cozy up the US and go full blown capitalist tourism spot.
Who the fuck knows whats going to happen.
My prediction is that Raul cedes the power to some cabal of leaders who, about 10 minutes later, cozy up the US and go full blown capitalist tourism spot.
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Lendarios
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About time, hopefully history remembers him as the gigantic piece of shit that he was.
He will be mentioned on the same light as Pinochet and noriega.
I hope trump goes back on his campaign of tougher relations with cuba, and opens up travel and commerce.
He will be mentioned on the same light as Pinochet and noriega.
I hope trump goes back on his campaign of tougher relations with cuba, and opens up travel and commerce.
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Titan_Atlas
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Every time I see anything on Cuba it looks ripe for capitalism and tourism. I think once it's out of Raul's hands we get that change. Cubans are going to cash out and leave in droves. I agree that Trump could use this to turn Florida Red for the next few elections.
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edko
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Many old school Cubans yearn to return. Most Cuban-Americans born here don't. Younger generations don't really subscribe to the same values of their priors.
The Hispanic population of Florida is not growing because of Cubans. It is mostly Puerto Ricans fleeing the economic bust of their island.
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iannis
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because trump said he was a dictator, probably.
And because it fits so nicely into their worldview to think that he was just a great guy who brought stability and prosperity to cuba. He stood up to Kennedy! Sure, he was forced to back down, but he stood up! And he never stopped standing up!
The truth just doesn't matter to the media anymore. It just doesn't. They're not in the business of selling truth anymore. They're in the business of selling fear and balm.
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khorum
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You should be thrilled to return to that paradise of racial harmony and social justice in the totally-not-a-shithole island that spawned you.
Maybe you could liveblog your last 57 days in the land of the free. We'd all totally watch that. Make sure to stream the moment the Trumpstapo kick your doors in and drag your shitskin ass out of our country.
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