Okay, I just showed my friend Yahoo answers and he thought it was pretty cool. He wanted to ask this question. First of all, just know that this isn't my question, just a question my friend wanted me to ask to see how yahoo answers works.
So the question is; How is life in Cuba for the people? Is living in Cuba good? What do you think of Castro. Is he a good leader?
2007-03-02
07:32:40
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For those who think he's a good leader, please explain why and give some examples.
For those who think he's a bad leader, please explain why and give some examples.
Thanks
2007-03-02
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update #1
I gave my old clothes to my famly to take to cuba and they danced and partied all night that they had decent clothes to wear. they were my OLD clothes. Then there's my relative that spent almost 20 yrs in cuban jail because he made it known he didnt agree with castro. that's all....the "big brother" on the block told someone who told someone and well they shut him up didnt they? they live in such poverty. oh like the girls when they have their period, they use towel stuff and rinse it out and reuse it! they dont have tampons or anything like that.
but....they are happy for what they have and they mostly dont konw what they are missing
2007-03-02 18:11:02
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answered by tryinthis2 4
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ive visited cuba a few times and they think hes a great leader i wouldnt want to live their but i guess its their choice if its what they choose
I have gone to Cuba 4 different times under licensed travel. My experiences completely flew in the face of what I expected from what I now know as U.S. propaganda. The results of the revolution are powerful and wonderful. Cuba is a place where you can experience a society without racism. The population is literate, nearly 100% -- much higher than ours. Education is free -- tuition, books, and a stipend -- for all levels, including medical school, law school, art school, whatever. Even adults who want to change careers re-enter the university mid-life, free. I experienced freedom of religion -- Fidel is open to all things, as long as they are not against the values of social justice that are the heart of the revolution. Your approach at PBS has been slanted against what I have come to know is the truth. Cuba is, however, a threat to the U.S. way of doing business in the world -- the threat of a good idea, said one international scholar.
Cuba IS actually an ownership society -- everyone has a home, there are no homeless. They pay the government 10% of their income toward ownership. Of course, there is economic poverty, the result, they believe, of our 40+ years of blockade and economic warfare. We refuse to let them pay reparation for the land they nationalized -- all other nations have done so, and now have business partnerships on the island. The bottom line -- that Cuba has the lowest infant mortality rate and the highest literacy rate in the Western Hemisphere -- speaks well for Fidel. Of course he is strong. He is brilliant, idealistic, charismatic, a leader loved by many worldwide... when the U.S. stops sending millions of $s to fund mercenaries on the island to work against the revolution, then Cubans will be able to have greater political freedoms. They now have human rights (education, jobs, food, shelter, health care) -- now they wait for greater political rights, when the playing field of their sovereignty is respected.
2007-03-02 07:51:26
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answered by vibrance0404 3
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Cuba is a communist dictatorship. A person is controlled by the Cuban government from birth to death. Some would argue that in Cuba health care and education are free and that makes lose of personal freedom OK. Of course if I were a slave owner I would want my slaves to be healthy enough to work and educated enough to follow orders. If you need any proof that Cuba is a hell hole, ask yourself why people risk their lives everyday trying to escape. BTW Castro is an evil dictator deserving of scorn and death
2007-03-02 07:47:15
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answered by espreses@sbcglobal.net 6
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clearly if people are willing to hop in anything that semi-floats and travel to FL things aren't going fantastic on the island. I hear that the island is beautiful, but has not been developed nearly as well as others in the region, like puerto rico. people that love castro only talk about education and health care for all etc. and they do have impressive literary rates, however how many have a decent college education? how awesome is this free medical care? Heck, europe and canada can't even get their universal health care system to work decent, what makes you think castro has it all figured out?
2007-03-02 07:46:54
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answered by Matt 4
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I spent 2years in cuba. Its fun to party there and stuff, but like my cousins always said, "no pa vivir". Half of the women there sell themselves. A lot of men too. They also take advantage of gullable tourists. Their educational system isnt as good as they boast, ive heard A LOT of cubans tell me stories of how the teachers of middle and high schools exchange good grades for sex from the young girls. The only plus side is that a lot of the women are easy to get in bed with, if you are into that type of thing.
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answered by Anonymous
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First, I dont think Castro is a good leader. People get so tired of him, they're willing to try to swim to Flordia to escape.
2007-03-04 09:41:24
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answered by bball starr 2
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