well to start with they / he kicked out the american backed regime, they then repelled the american backed "bay of pigs" invasion, they then kicked the arse of the 20m$ per anm which america poured into anti government movements for the last 40 years with endless / countless assisination attempts,,,,,,, not bad eh ?
and funnily enough probably the only country i would contemplate a plane journey to visit. must of been all those Humphrey Gokart movies.
Plenty of other tremendous socialist achievements too He caused extreme poverty; Made the maximum wage $20; He outlawed labour unions; Pressed torture and concentration camps for gays; Thousands of political executions; People are forbidden to leave; always a hallmark of paradise A healthcare system in ruins; State control and massive censorship; Widespread imprisonment of journalists who don't toe the party line; A dictatorship with no free elections; He sent mercenaries to Africa The state exploits doctors sent abroad to rob them of the hard currency they earn What a man, and now his brother runs the show? Maybe some you naive bedsit revolutionaries should take a secondment in socialist paradise and come back to update us after that? No, thought not, far easier to spout shite from a safe and prosperous western democracy
i know / have met many many people who have visited Cuba , many on numerous occasions, i have never met anyone who did not love it and who would not / will go back.
:Hilarious:. mat hays the fishing guru loves the place, the people, the attitude the weather. all good. if mat likes it, i loves it.
The indisputable truth. A 10 day package holiday, insulated from all the realities and horrors of grinding poverty. It really is just the same as living there
sorry to burst your bubble but knowing the people that have been there i dont think there was any package holidays involved.
So go on, what was their business? You seem to have discussed this at some length? Fill in the gaps and teach us, or was it George Galloway in a break from filming I'm a celebrity and fellating saddam hussein? And remember.....many,many
Wasn't he know for killing anyone who disagreed, holding rallies where he spoke for 7 hours and anyone leaving was executed, controlled all the events of his people's lives and removed all freedoms?
gross exageration, maybe the kind of spin put on it by some of the previous regime and their buddies / families who were ousted and lost a lot of money.
Just heard on Newsnight. Andrew Sachs has died at the age of 86. "Misser Fawlty, he go ker-azy!" Many more talents than playing Spanish waiters but he still created one of the funniest supporting comedy characters of all time.
