Or have you done your research and think that he was done more for his country than anyone before?
Also, do you actually know why the U.S. supposedly hates him so much, or do you just go with the flow and spread the hatred everyone has for him without learning the truth?
2006-11-19 13:03:53 · 12 answers · asked by I Am Legend 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It is possible to have a benign dictator - someone who has absolute control and uses it (to some extent) to benefit the people he governs. But it is hard to argue that the government of Cuba is anything else when opposition groups are illegal and there are no observers or NGO oversight during elections.
Castro has done a lot for his country, particularly in terms of education and medicine, but it is sad to see it come with a loss of civil and human rights. I think it's misleading to look at his actions as entirely good or bad.
2006-11-19 13:27:56 · answer #1 · answered by Gerty 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Since the fall of the US-backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959 Cuba has been a one-party state led by Mr Castro.
He exercises control over virtually all aspects of Cuban life through the Communist Party and its affiliated mass organisations, the government bureaucracy and the state security apparatus.
This is what a dictator is.
2006-11-19 21:08:44 · answer #2 · answered by Answergirl 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Have you been to Miami, Florida lately? Or at any time in the last 40 some years?
Have you talked to the refugees who came here from Cuba?
Yes. Castro is a Communist Dictator.
2006-11-19 21:22:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Castro has had millions put to death. He forces the men in cuba to work as slaves for foreign corporations and the women to work as prostitutes.
Before he murdered his way into power, cuba was a wealthy, prosperous, happy country. Now, it is one of the poorest, worst places on earth to live.
Is this what you mean by "doing for his country"? BTW, saying such things around americans of cuban descent is an invitation for the worst of *** kickings. Those people are here because they fled castro's murder squads. Most of them did not make it out alive. Most of them have lost family, friends and other loved ones.
You should be ashamed of yourself for saying such things.
2006-11-19 21:11:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Just because he has done good things for his country does not mean that he was not a dictator. For some reason or another, the word dictator has negative connotations, have we forgotten such great dictators like Elizabeth the First?
2006-11-19 21:06:18 · answer #5 · answered by smartass 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes
2006-11-19 21:07:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Will the sun rise in the east tomorrow morning? Same answer.
2006-11-19 21:35:14 · answer #7 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I believe he is a dictator.
No, I don't spread hatred for him or anyone else.
2006-11-19 21:08:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think you should ask those who have fled Cuba during Castro's reign.
2006-11-19 21:06:55 · answer #9 · answered by zillenium_00 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Castro is a communist and that is all i need to know about the killer.
2006-11-19 21:07:44 · answer #10 · answered by daydoom 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋