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Re:Fidel Castro has died by coldtea on Saturday November 26, 2016 @01:49AM (#13042169)
>I just think it is ridiculous to claim that Castro was "a great leader" when Cuba has fared very poorly under Castro in almost every respect. I felt obliged to point this out.

Were they given the chance (cold war, embargo, et al)?

I feel obliged to point this out too.

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Re:Fidel Castro has died by chinhodado on Saturday November 26, 2016 @02:22AM (#13042279)
Exactly. It doesn't help that the biggest country in the international stage is doing everything it can to stop you from succeeding.
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Re:Fidel Castro has died by Piskvorrr on Saturday November 26, 2016 @04:49AM (#13042746)
But it sort of helps that the other biggest country is doing the opposite. Of course, it gets complicated when that country stops existing - in the case of Soviet Union, that was in 1993, IIRC.
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