Fidel Castro dead at age 90

[madducks]

He relinquished the role of president to his now 85 year old brother Raul Castro 8 years ago.

"There are few individuals in the 20th century who had a more profound impact on a single country than Fidel Castro had in Cuba," Robert Pastor, a former national security adviser for President Jimmy Carter in the 1970s, told CNN in 2012.
"He reshaped Cuba in his image, for both bad and good," said Pastor, who died in 2014. "Cuba will be a different place because he lived and he died."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/26/americ...bit/index.html

[onejayhawk]

Probably the most hated man in most of our lifetimes.

J

[TranaGreg]

Probably the most hated man in most of our lifetimes.

J

Maybe ... but outside of people from Cuba I don't know anyone under 50 who really cares one way or the other

[revo]

Maybe ... but outside of people from Cuba I don't know anyone under 50 who really cares one way or the other

My dad once told me his Marine unit went on high alert for a potential invasion during the Cuban Missile Crisis in '62, but I think the anger ended with that generation.

[Hodor]

Nelson Mandela really liked the man.

[onejayhawk]

Nelson Mandela really liked the man.

In most worlds, Nelson Mandala would be remembered as a terrorist.

J

[Hodor]

In most worlds, Nelson Mandala would be remembered as a terrorist.

J

So would George Bush

[johnnya24]

probably the most hated man in most of our lifetimes.

J

lol...

[baldgriff]

Probably the most hated man in most of our lifetimes.

J

Unless your Colin Kapern........ oh never mind

[nullnor]

i don't know anything about Cuba, but i learned during the ebola crisis they supposedly have a world class healthcare system. think they are some of the first countries to try to send in doctors when some place in the world is in trouble. i got this from wiki "Cuba provides more medical personnel to the developing world than all the G8 countries combined".

go figure?

[madducks]

i don't know anything about Cuba, but i learned during the ebola crisis they supposedly have a world class healthcare system. think they are some of the first countries to try to send in doctors when some place in the world is in trouble. i got this from wiki "Cuba provides more medical personnel to the developing world than all the G8 countries combined".

go figure?

And Cuba's prescription drug prices are a fraction of U.S. prices.