Don't take my "anecdotal experiences" go, find the facts with an open mind. Many will not like what they find.

I have; it's not clear to me that the Castro regime was any more oppressive than Batista (though different people were oppressed, that's clear).

It's also seems like a lot of what is blamed on Castro is actually just the fucked-up poisonous choices left to them due to the blockade (though, not all of it).