Fidel Castro dies.

[joggon]

[joggon]

A number of Tories have criticised Jeremy Corbyn for 'praising' Fidel Castro today. Clearly Fidel was not their favourite man with a cigar

[tinytimintipp]

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has died according to state TV. He seized power in 1959 from the American backed Batista government. After President Eisenhower refused to meet him when he visited the US he became allies with the Soviet Union. This led to the bay of pigs, the Cuban missle crisis and years of blockade by the Americans. He was seen as a revolutionary hero by many, loved by many Cubans and equally dispised by many Cubans. Like him or loathe him he certainly was one of the major political figures of the 20th century. A remarkable man.

The history books will judge him, but who will write the history books ,.

[Cindy Forever]

He was right

[Liberty Love]

He was right

Sweet Fuck
RIP
Castro and America

[Barney Rubble]

The history books will judge him, but who will write the history books ,.

Hope it's not Fox News :-(

[tombarry1916]

Yes crushed all opposition and denied Cubans their basic human rights.

He crushed opposition because they by in large being funded by the USA. His life and regime were constantly under threat by the Americans.

[tombarry1916]

And the one before that and the one......300 years of depots in that country dose not make Mr Castro a hero in my book.

Castro undoubtedly changed Cuba for the better. https://i.redd.it/xu37uylhg40y.jpg

[Barney Rubble]

Cuba has 100% literacy and one of the best health systems in the world. But also..........................


Human rights in Cuba.

Arbitrary imprisonment and unfair trials, limits freedom of expression, association, assembly, movement, and the press & due process. After coming to power in 1959, Fidel Castro's government built a highly effective machinery of repression. Forced labor camps and abuse of prisoners[edit]
In 1986 a "Tribunal on Cuba" was held in Paris to present testimonies by former prisoners of Cuba's penal system to the international media. The gathering was sponsored by Resistance International and The Coalition of Committees for the Rights of Man in Cuba. The testimonies presented at the tribunal, before an international panel, alleged a pattern of torture in Cuba's prisons and "hard labor camps". These included beatings, biological experiments in diet restrictions, violent interrogations and extremely unsanitary conditions. The jury concurred with allegations of arbitrary arrests; sentencing by court martial with neither public audience nor defense; periods in hard labour camps without sufficient food, clothes and medical care; and the arrests of children over nine years old.

Amnesty International published reports alluding to cases of possible unwarranted hospitalization and ill-treatment of political prisoners.

A 2009 report by Human Rights Watch concluded that "Raúl Castro has kept Cuba’s repressive machinery firmly in place...since being handed power by his brother Fidel Castro."The report found that " scores of political prisoners arrested under Fidel continue to languish in prison, and Raúl has used draconian laws and sham trials to incarcerate scores more who have dared to exercise their fundamental rights."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Cuba

Is this Cuba you're talking about or up in the north here during internment ?

[Floki]

Crazy 35 year old prophecy predicts total collapse of America after death of Fidel Castro

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/228423...-fidel-castro/