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Fidel Castro

            It goes without saying that Cuba has had its share of ups and downs under the Castro regime. One of the ups in his regime is the healthcare plans that Cuba has. Cuban healthcare is completely free, and as a result, Cubans are staying disease free, while millions of people in Latin America are dying and becoming immune to the very same diseases. If there is any incentive at all to live in Cuba it is because of the healthcare services that aren't available anywhere else. The United States does not even offer free services that Cuba offers. Every citizen has access to free healthcare.
             Fidel Castro is one of only a handful of leaders that still maintains a communist-socialist system. He is the only dictator to remain in power for over 40 years and have absolute power in that time. He, unintentionally, has changed the state of Florida to the point where politically the Cuban population has dominated politics in the state of Florida. Sure enough, the election of President Bush was decided in the state of Florida and it could have been a result of Cuban immigration. The Cubans mostly vote republican. There is still a sense of socialism and communism as long as there is Fidel Castro.
             Personally, I believe that Fidel Castro was a very wise man. He was very well informed about politics before his regime, and was very idealistic about the future of Cuba. I believe that he copied the system that Stalin had, but brought far more positive outcomes to Cuba than Stalin did to the Soviet Union. Although the negatives that he brought about to Cuba far outnumber the positives, I would definitely take his free healthcare plan and quality education system. I certainly would not want to live in Cuba under his regime. The market was not made to be totally controlled by the government. Private ownership is important as well. I think that living under a capitalist system for my whole life, I could never adapt to the communist system of Fidel Castro.


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1. Fidel Castro Lashes Out at Republican Party Presidential Candidates

Former Cuban President, Fidel Castro, berated the US Republican Party presidential candidates for their "idiocy and ignorance" after they announced their intentions to bring freedom to Cuba upon election. Just days before the Republican Party's primary in Florida - a state that many Cuban Americans call home - the Cuba Debate website posted Castro's discontent in the "Reflections" column. After rebuking the US for thinking Cuba would ... announced that "it is time for us to strike for freedom in Cuba. If I'm fortunate enough to become the next president of the United States, it is my expectat...

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2. Fidel Castro

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3. Fidel Castro

... in the family's sugar cane fields and, at 6 years old he convinced his parents to send him to school. When Fidel turned 7 years old, Angel Castro married Fidel's mother so that his son could attend the Colegio La Salle in Santiago de Cuba. After attending the Colegio La Salle, he went to the Colegio Dolores also in Santiago, ... a Marxist-Leninist and changed the revolution toward the Soviet Union and the socialist block. Tensions with the United States steadily grew. The United States Government tried various schemes to assassinate Fidel Castro and continues to economically isolate Cu...

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4. Fidel Castro And Cuba

... between Cuba and Oceania is the telescreens in every household. Cubans don't own that but are replaced by more spies to do the job instead. Fidel Castro's picture hangs on all walls in major building and even outside. This is also a strong resemblance to Big Brother's image hanging everywhere saying that ... courage as he played the role of the independent Latin American leader who could successfully stand up to the United States of America. In reality, Fidel Castro is responsible for every appointment. As president of the Council of Ministers, chairman of the Council of State, commande...

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5. Fidel Castro And The Cuban Revolution

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6. Cuba, Castro and the Reinaldo Arenas

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7. Castro

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8. Fidel castro

... Catholic schools in Santiago de Cuba and Havana. In 1945 he enrolled in University of Havana. He graduated with a law degree in 1950. Two years before he graduated, in 1948 Fidel Castro married Mirta Diaz-Balart. But then in 1954 they got divorced. In 1952, after Fulgencio Bastista y Zald'var seized control of the Cuban government ... ; first secretary of the Cuban Communist Party, and the Commander of the Armed Forces. Cuban economic problems got worse in the 1990's and finally Castro approved limited economic reforms that legalized some free enterprise. THE CUBAN REVOLUTION Fidel Castr...

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9. The Effect Of Anti-Batista Sentiment In Cuba On Castro

... been able to consolidate their efforts and present a united front against the regime, they would have been able to depose it. This was recognized by a great number of Cubans including Fidel Castro who articulated that had the Ortodoxo party "stood resolutely against the regime [Batista] would not be in power." The party was unable to organize a united front, and split into a number ... . A leader that could provide strong opposition to Batista and rally the support of the country behind them was needed, and Fidel Castro was to be that leader. Fidel Castro proposed to transform Cuba "from...

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10. Fidel Castro

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