>Terry;
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>Everyone has an opinion. As far as Castro is concerned, if all Cubans loved him as you state, why have so many Cubans left and continue to attempt to leave Cuba?

Money! There are some anti-castoites living on the island receiving big grants from the Exile Industry. Look at the Elian Gonzales storey. The Exile Industry offered his father a million bucks to patriate. When he refused, they tried to kidnap his son. The Excile Industry is a Billion Dollar Industry. Thomas: ALways follow the money!

>I have many friends from Cuba that live here and they have no use for Castro. In fact they hate him.

Does everyone in the US love Dubya?

Every country has individuals and groups that don't agree with their leader. Cuba does not detain or assasinate dissonents. They live in Cuba, free to say what they want, and free to recieve money from the American Excile Industry.
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>Castro had a great sphere of influence as long as there was a Soviet Union to provide financial and other forms of aid. This ended in 1993. No money – no war.

Cuba still ticking, still feeding, still educating - despite inhumane embargos.

>By the way I am sure that we can find many sets of “facts” supporting life span in the United States and Cuba. In fact numbers I just found: United States 76.9 years, Cuba 76.6 years average life expectancy.

Okay - by your sources - I missed by 4 months, infort mortality is still lower. The people are happy. There must have been a million at Fidels Mayday speech Saturday - no M1 Tanks or K9 Catepillar Bulldozers in view to protect him.

>Now you and I may have a different concept of what the devil is.
The devil exists only in the hearts of men.

>The Castro regime made attempts to “convert” nations in Africa and Latin America to communism.
So! Would it be better to let the pimps and their death squads continue to run things. Is giving away resources to out-of-country corporations with the biggest bribes, and having death squads keep the complainers in check the way to go!

We have many Ethiopians in my area of the world, who left due to the instability in their country.
There must have been popular support. Look at the coup in our country, the 2000 presidential elections in florida and the facilitation serviced by our supreme court!

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>Che Guevara
I have a Che Guevera T-Shirt!