10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year

Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by phyzix5761 on Sunday July 21, 2024 @06:58PM (#41029092)

My whole family was murdered by the government of Cuba because they verbally disagreed with Fidel and communism. No crimes other than speaking out were committed. That's what they're doing that is so terrible.

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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by ossobuco on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @07:33AM (#41044884)

That's how revolutions work, if you disagree you usually get killed.

The thing is that people would get killed for disagreeing even under Batista. If your family was happy with Batista then I don't think they were in a clean line of business.

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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by zdragnar on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @10:25AM (#41046310)

The US did put an arms embargo on Batista's government, though far too late given the violent suppression of the protests towards the end.

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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by ossobuco on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @10:45AM (#41046518)

I agree, especially considering that Batista had been sold arms until 1958, when the fights with the rebels had been ongoing for a while already (1956 I believe). The result is that Batista fought the rebels using USA weapons, embargo or not.

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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by phyzix5761 on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @01:22PM (#41059429)

Batista was a dictator too. No one, except criminals, liked him.

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