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Re:Fidel Castro has died by mzw_mzw on Saturday November 26, 2016 @04:07PM (#13045855)
I can't help but notice that you skipped over the little details about a lack of democracy, a lack of free access to information, and how dissidents are punished.

> On the other side, western propaganda blanks out a lot of facts about Cuba. Among those is the fact that a significant percentage of Cubans approve their government.

I can't help but notice that you skipped over the little details about a lack of democracy, a lack of free access to information, and how dissidents are punished.

> On the other side, western propaganda blanks out a lot of facts about Cuba. Among those is the fact that a significant percentage of Cubans approve their government.

Weird. Then why the resistance to holding elections?

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Re:Fidel Castro has died by ifdefdebug on Saturday November 26, 2016 @04:29PM (#13045970)
I was pointing out propaganda and those I skipped well, those look like facts unfortunately.

And it is a dictatorship, so no elections. I wrote significant not majority.

Just wanted to point out that it's hard to get a realistic picture in the middle of all the propaganda. For instance, there's no starving in Cuba and health care for everybody. You cant say that about all countries with elections.

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