Former Cuba leader Fidel Castro dead aged 90

AthlonXP1800 · 26 Nov 2016 at 06:12

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/26/americas/fidel-castro-obit/index.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38114953

Shame he didn't lived a while longer to see Obama leave and Trump take office in Jan 2017.

Participant · 26 Nov 2016 at 07:39

Can't believe he lived this long.

'The Company' by Robert Littell is a great book to read if you're interested in espionage during the time of Fidel Castro and the Bay of Pigs, by the way.

Cosimo · 26 Nov 2016 at 07:46

Last of the 'old guard' communist dictators to go and I bet there will be celebrations in Miami.

Efour · 26 Nov 2016 at 07:48

Sad day

Dis86 · 26 Nov 2016 at 08:01

Efour said:
Sad day

Why?

HEADRAT · 26 Nov 2016 at 08:07

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HEADRAT

Cosimo · 26 Nov 2016 at 08:08

Efour said:
Sad day

Wearing your old beret today?

do_ron_ron · 26 Nov 2016 at 09:07

He did a great deal for his country. Cuba before he took over was a fiefdom of the Mafia with a puppet dictator. Cuba was regarded as part of the American Empire which is one reason why they have taken such a pathological hatred to Cuba. What they did of course was ensure that the people rallied round Castro. I don't know whether America was dumb in not understanding a simple truth that a people will rally round their leader in the face of external opposition by a country or whether they did it for domestic politics. Given that it had happened in WW2 with Churchill, Stalin and Hitler it goes point to domestic politics.

Sad day.

Dis86 · 26 Nov 2016 at 09:12

He was a violent and oppressive dictator. That's not something to celebrate.

antijoke · 26 Nov 2016 at 09:48

He survived 638 assassination attempts, but even he couldn't survive 2016.

sanaxe1 · 26 Nov 2016 at 09:51

I have trumped in Fidel Castro's family home. True story.

HAz · 26 Nov 2016 at 10:20

Hades · 26 Nov 2016 at 10:46

The man who launched a thousand tshirts. Mixed views but nevertheless RIP.

Dis86 · 26 Nov 2016 at 10:53

Hades said:
The man who launched a thousand tshirts. Mixed views but nevertheless RIP.

I think you're thinking of Che Guevara.

randal · 26 Nov 2016 at 11:03

Dis86 said:
I think you're thinking of Che Guevara.

That gives me an idea for a T-shirt.

Sliver · 26 Nov 2016 at 11:15

I wonder who will replace him.

Hades · 26 Nov 2016 at 11:17

Sliver said:
I wonder who will replace him.

His brother has been running Cuba since 2008. I guess the question is who will take over from Raul when he dies or retires (currently 85 yrs if I recall).

Hades · 26 Nov 2016 at 11:18

Dis86 said:
I think you're thinking of Che Guevara.

Yep you're right.

/Facepalm

Panos · 26 Nov 2016 at 11:19

Hades said:
The man who launched a thousand tshirts. Mixed views but nevertheless RIP.

You meah Che?

Efour said:
Sad day

I agree. A sad day.

The why some asked is simple. Today died the only one who stick the finger(s) to the US, not wanting his country to be a colony of the corporations and rich elite mafia, like the rest of our countries have become.

Terminal_Boy · 26 Nov 2016 at 11:31

Didn't kill as many as Tony Blair, but Fidel did teach his people to swim and build boats.

Oh, and he sent gays to "re-education" camps.

RIP