Plantagenet wrote:
Several years ago Forbes estimated Fidel Castro's personal fortune at almost a trillion dollars---it must be much more now.
O Canada: Trudeau's Castro tribute raises eyebrows
(CNN)Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's tribute complimenting Fidel Castro as "remarkable" and a "larger than life leader who served his people" drew criticism and derision. ...
In his statement, Trudeau expressed "deep sorrow" after learning of "the death of Cuba's longest serving president."
"Fidel Castro was a larger than life leader who served his people for almost half a century. A legendary revolutionary and orator, Mr. Castro made significant improvements to the education and healthcare of his island nation."
"While a controversial figure, both Mr. Castro's supporters and detractors recognized his tremendous dedication and love for the Cuban people who had a deep and lasting affection for 'el Comandante'."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/27/world/justin-trudeau-castro-eulogy-parody/index.html
Fidel Castro survived 600 assassination attempts, officials say
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/12/americas/cuba-fidel-castro-at-90-after-assassination-plots/
Castro visits the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. in 1959. Castro visited the U.S. in April of 1959 as part of a charm offensive for his new government, but was refused a meeting with President Eisenhower.
Castro speaking before a huge gathering of people in Cuba in 1960.
dissident wrote:For those that have a hate hard on for Castro: he would never have gained power if the f*cking USA did not support yet another bloody dictator (Batista) and put its money and "values" where its lying mouth is. If you claim to support democracy, then actually do it. Instead we have the US supporting every junta in Latin America and South-East Asia, the head-chopping theocracies in the Middle East, and terrorists in Syria. Then US drones get all hysterical when there is blowback. Grow a brain!
Recipe For Forgetting Fidel Castro
This whole excess of tributes and reminders is, undoubtedly, a desperate attempt to save the former Cuban president from oblivion, to pull him out of that zone of media abandonment in which he has fallen since announcing his departure from power a decade ago.
We have left the man born in the eastern town of Biran, in 1926, in the past, condemning him to the 20th century, burying him alive.
Children now in elementary school have never seen the once loquacious orator speak for hours at a public event. Farmers have breathed a sigh of relief on not having to receive constant recommendations from the “Farmer in Chief” and even housewives are thankful that he does not appear at a congress of the Federation of Cuban Women to teach them how to use a pressure cooker.
The official propaganda knows that people often appeal to short-term memory as a way of protecting themselves. For many young people, Fidel Castro is already as remote as, for my mother in her day, was the dictator Gerardo Machado, a man who so adversely marked the life of my grandmother’s generation.
Followers of the figure of Fidel Castro are taking advantage of the celebrations for his nine decades of life to try to erect a statue of immortality in the heart of the nation. They deify him, forgive him his systematic errors and convert him into the most visible head of a creed. The new religion takes as its premises stubbornness, intolerance for differences, and a visceral hatred – almost like a personal battle – against the United States.
The detractors of “Él,” as many Cubans simply call him, are preparing the arguments to dismantle his myth. They await the moment when the history books no longer equate him with José Martí, but offer a stark, cold and objective analysis of his career. They are the ones who dream of the post-Castro era, of the end of Fidelismo and of the diatribe that will fall on his controversial figure.
Most, however, simply turn the page and shrug their shoulders in a sign of disgust when they hear his name. They are the ones who, right now, turn off the TV and focus on a daily existence that negates every word Fidel Castro ever said in his incendiary speeches, in those times when he planned to build a Utopia and turn us into New Men.
Tired of his omnipresence, they are the ones who will deal the final blow to the myth. And they will do it without hullabaloo or heroic acts. They will simply stop talking to their children about him, there will be no photos in the rooms of their homes showing him with a rifle and epaulettes, they will not confer on their grandchildren the five letters of his name.
The celebration for the 90th birthday of Fidel Castro is, in reality, his farewell: as excessive and exhausting as was his political life.
https://generacionyen.wordpress.com/2016/08/13/recipe-for-forgetting-fidel-castro/
Farmers have breathed a sigh of relief on not having to receive constant recommendations from the “Farmer in Chief” and even housewives are thankful that he does not appear at a congress of the Federation of Cuban Women to teach them how to use a pressure cooker.
Tired of his omnipresence, they are the ones who will deal the final blow to the myth. And they will do it without hullabaloo or heroic acts. They will simply stop talking to their children about him, there will be no photos in the rooms of their homes
The new religion takes as its premises stubbornness, intolerance for differences, and a visceral hatred
Kremlin: Putin and Trump Disagree On Role Of Cuba’s Castro
A “true friend” to one and a “brutal dictator” to the other.
The views of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump generally coincide, but the two men disagree about the role of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
Putin paid tribute to Castro after his death on Friday calling him a “true friend of Russia,” while Trump dubbed the Cuban “a brutal dictator.”
“They are not identical, of course, there may be differences,” Peskov said of the two men’s views.
“In general they coincide a lot, of course. But without doubt there are differences, including when it comes to assessing the role of Castro. Yes, their differences on that one are plain to see,” Peskov told a conference call with reporters.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kremlin-putin-and-trump-disagree-on-role-of-cubas-castro_us_583d78fde4b0860d61165301
The views of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump generally coincide
“They are not identical, of course, there may be differences,” Peskov said
pstarr wrote:To be fair you might want to include Trump in list of wealthy tyrants. He outshines them all.
careinke wrote:pstarr wrote:To be fair you might want to include Trump in list of wealthy tyrants. He outshines them all.
Could you please provide some examples of Trumps Tyranny that compares?
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