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i lived in bolivia. which is one of the poorest countries on this side of the world. and a couple bolivians told me when castro sent doctors to cuba to promote his communist brotherly love programs the doctors defected and stayed in bolivia cause it was like a "paradise" to them

I totally believe your story.

A doctor and his family were one of the families I stayed with in Cuba. He and his wife were effusive in their praise of Castro and Che Guevara. And this from an intelligent, highly qualified person earning $10/month (c. 2000).

Says a lot about his communist austere mentality that he named more than one son after Alexander the Great.

dude you are just embarrassing yourself. it wouldnt be hard for me to prove that my story is extremely credible.

not to mention the fact that my story is also consistent with accepted facts. here is documentation for the cuba-bolivia relations. do i need to give you documentation also for the fact that sometimes cubans defect?

"Por otro lado, aunque no había médicos suficientes para cubrir las necesidades de Venezuela, a principios de 2006 Cuba retiró de territorio venezolano unos 4.000 profesionales para cubrir programas similares en Bolivia y otros países."

"La magnitud del aporte de Cuba no debe medirse únicamente en términos de la cantidad de médicos y otros profesionales proporcionados, de los establecimientos sanitarios creados o de las prestaciones brindadas; también debe evaluarse teniendo en cuenta el esfuerzo realizado para transformar la prestación de los servicios de salud en Venezuela, según corroboró el estudio mencionado. El hecho de que se reconozca a Cuba como un país capaz de prestar este tipo de asistencia técnica, que suelen brindar los países desarrollados y las instituciones internacionales, crea un capital simbólico para la isla que se puede traducir en capital material. Ese capital material –de vital importancia para Cuba– es la mano que le tendió Venezuela con el intercambio de petróleo por médicos. La conexión Venezuela-Cuba-Bolivia"

http://nuso.org/articulo/la-diplomac...-de-sus-amigos

Please only speak English at the table.

The title not including so bothers me. The (not so) tragic death.

Yeah I'm finding that unreasonably annoying as well.

There's a thread for that.

things-shouldnt-piss-you-off-but-do

this is the part where the conspiracy theory nuts start claiming he's still alive, instead of already dead

If only this happened decades ago Cuba wouldn't have to be stuck in time and make their people suffer just because of rotten idealogues.

It will be interesting to see what international notables go to the funeral.

According to his reaction, Putin might come:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...r-fidel-castro

Barry will be front row center, wearing his Mao Tse Tung t-shirt.

Just like you in your Goebbels shirt on Hitler's b-day.

+1

Wow, snappy comeback! Just like the rests of your posts, lacking originality and intelligence.

And I love the title.

I have never seen you make any post of substance ever. All you do is parrot the Alt-White Nationalist and Limbaugh crowds.

He was holding on until Russia defeated the US. Finally happened and he could did in peace.

CONS
Dictatorship
Provoked US aggression and embargo
Imported failed command economy

PROS
Surprisingly good health care, especially for such a poor country
Decent education
Triggered fall of South African Apartheid at victory of Cuito Carnavale in Angola, 1987
90 mile thorn in side of US imperialism

JOKES ON US
Outlived his enemies
Mariel boat lift cut prison costs

Think they had permission to speak honestly to you?

The Miami Herald obituary is the one to read.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nati...117201053.html

I had thought that the Elian Gonzalez saga was during W's term. Now I'm surprised no one has written the 'Elian Gonzalez cost Hillary Florida' hottake yet.

I wrote about Elian before the election. Janet Reno died on the 6th. Seeing her name in the papers was probably a nice reminder of Elian for the Miami Cubans. It didn't ultimately hurt Hilldawg much if at all. The results of HRC/Trump in Miami-Dade were basically the same as Obama/Romney.