Temporaria Fidel is
Or
Cuban Libre
The United States' official position of the last
50 years to ignore Fidel Castro in the hopes he would go away has finally
succeeded as the former Cuban strongman has died at the age of 90. Following a
failed tryout with the Washington Senators, Castro decided to overthrow the corrupt
puppet government of the semi-democratically elected government of Fulgencio
Batista. The guerrilla movement found support in the rural poor of the country,
and on December 31, 1958, Batista fled into exile, thwarting Hyman Roth and Michael
Corleone’s development plans and breaking up Katey and Javier. A Communist
island 90 miles offshore was a source of constant embarrassment for the United
States, but for the next 50 years, presidents came and went, and through it all
there was Castro thumbing his nose at the Yanqui imperialist dogs, giving 5-hour
speeches decrying capitalism, stymieingdi an inept invasion at the Bay of Pigs,
redecorating the island with Soviet nuclear weapons and of course,
assassinating John F. Kennedy. While the rural poor loved him, he brooked no dissent,
and Cuba’s record on civil liberties earned the praises of Vladimir Putin and
Kim Jong-Il, among other beloved figures.
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