Fidel Castro
Se me ocurrió hoy en la mañana que "El Señor," como le dicen a Fidel en Cuba, tiene el nombre adecuado pues "Castro" tambien es una conjugación del verbo "Castrar," lo cual Fidel ciertamente le ha hecho al pueblo cubano.
It occurred to me this morning that "El Señor," as they call Fidel in Cuba, has the appropriate name as "Castro" is also a conjugation of the verb "Castrate," which Fidel has certainly done to the Cuban people.
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Si los dirigentes de casi todos los países más ricos y poderosos tuvieran el apellido que les corresponde por sus acciones, sus apellidos no podrían pronunciarse en la televisión hasta que los niños se hubieran ido a la cama.
I think that you should read what kind of man Fidel help to over throw, and some of the great things he has done in Cuba. Batista was a real a**
Who is talking about Batista?
education systems in the world (better even than the U.S, the richest and most powerful country in the world)!
Are we talking about how biased it is?
Cuba is free of drug and gangs
Fidel has done many great thing,
Oh, yes, so did Hitler
but I can't think of anyway in which Fidel is a evil man.
Well, don't get me started then, as I can think of a hundred ways! 
Algo tiene que cambiar. Y no es Fidel.
Oh well, then let him continue with his dictatorship, wonderful I am sure the Cubans are enjoying it. 
How anybody can be in favour of a dictatorship is quite beyond me,
I am wondering if Castro has done such a great job for the people of Cuba, why did Cubans leave by the thousands in leaky boats for a chance at freedom???
To end this I'll leave you with a little quote from Fidel Castro."Condenadme, no importa, La historia me absolverá."
I don't seem to be the only one to put them all in the same bag:
Kim Il-Sung is gone. Deng Xiaoping has passed on to those glorious riches in the sky. Hitler, Mussolin, Peron, Khrushchev, Kadar, Franco and Tito -- all, long departed. But Fidel Castro, like "Ol' Man River," he just keeps rolling along. We know why the Great Mississippi keeps rolling, but how does Fidel -- now the longest-served leader of any country in the world, and a man who has all but destroyed his country with his manifold caprices -- do it?
For those who can read Spanish well:
I just want to add another post here, since I have customers that have come from Cuba.
Blazinbilly252 I don’t know where you are getting your facts from, but the customers that I talk with have a very different opinion than what you are purporting as truth.
If Castro is so good, why is Miami full of Cubans?
I guess they like the guy so much, they just wanted to spend days at sea trying to leave Cuba because it was a pleasant day for a boat ride.
Just one more thing, don’t ever go to Miami and tell anyone your thoughts about Castro!
I think that you should read what kind of man Fidel help to over throw, and some of the great things he has done in Cuba. Batista was a real a** and Cuba has one of the best medical and education systems in the world (better even than the U.S, the richest and most powerful country in the world)! Cuba is free of drug and gangs while in many Latin American countries they struggle to gain any kind of control over the drug cartels. Fidel has done many great thing, his perseverance and love for his country has made Cuba a much better place. But anyways we all have are own opinions on the world; but I can't think of anyway in which Fidel is a evil man.
This thread was originally started as the notation of a simple play-on-words, but since it has been turned into a serious debate, I would just like to say that I feel for people everywhere who suffer from brutal rulers, and there are many of them. And some are worse than others.
Of course there is not this and there is not that in Cuba, but Cubans would not dare to acquire them either. A man in Cuba is not even allowed to operate his own sugar cane business. If he is caught cutting and selling cane on his own, he goes straight to prison. Sure, a dictatorship is the most efficient government in the world, but it comes at a very high price.
My limited knowledge of life in Cuba comes not from reading about it, but from accounts from Cuban friends I have had.
PS: And if Cubans are hungry, it´s not from the US embargo. This rediculous embargo has done nothing. Cuba can still get all the food and goods it wants from Canada - they´re trading partners along with many other countries. If Cubans are hungry, it´s because they can´t afford to buy food. The tourists who stay in the all the luxury, beach-front hotels there have no problem eating.
Yo estoy de acuerdo con la idea de que Batista era peor que Castro. Exactamente como Carlos Andrés Peréz era peor que Hugo Chávez.
Debe ser entendido que la violencia y las drogas han derrocado las sociedades de Colombia y México y que eso tiene que ver con las políticas de sus líderes. Ya he dicho en otro hilo que mas gente ha muerto en México desde la elección de Calderón que soldados estadounidenses en las guerras de Iraq e Afghanistan. ¡Es la hora de despertar Méxicanos! ¡Ya basta con las políticas fracasadas de "la guerra contra las drogas!"
Debe ser entendido que Hugo Chávez no es loco. Evo Morales no es loco. Fidel no es loco. Lo que es loco es llamar a ellos locos sin saber o entender las políticas y la historia de dichos países.
Contestame una pregunta: ¿Cómo es que no hay violencia o narcotraficantes en Venezuela o Cuba mientras se ven estos cada dia en Colombia, México, y Honduras?
Yo vivo cuatro horas de la frontera Méxicana y estoy directamente afectado por las políticas falladas de Fox y Bush e ahora de Calderón y Obama.
Algo tiene que cambiar. Y no es Fidel.
Well it seems that I have cause a lot of havoc here which was not my intent. But I wish to explain myself.
"PS: And if Cubans are hungry, it´s not from the US embargo"
Cubans don't go to bed hungry. Some foods are rationed, but Cubans definitely are not starving,
"I am wondering if Castro has done such a great job for the people of Cuba, why did Cubans leave by the thousands in leaky boats for a chance at freedom???"
Why do people from Haiti, Dominican Republic, Central America, and South America come to the U.S.? Is it because they all have failed governments and the whole of Latin America is unable to rule itself??? Certainly not!!( I'll leave this at that because it's far to complicated and political to give a just answer.)
"Who is talking about Batista?"
How can you talk about Fidel without talking about Batista? He was one of history''s most vile and indignant humans ever to walk the earth. He stoled money from Cuba, aligned himself with gangsters like Lucky Luciano, and use the army against his own people. Thank God for Fidel.
"Are we talking about how biased it is?"
How can things like chemistry, and mathematics be bias?? The Cuban people have right to attend college for free!!!
"Oh, yes, so did Hitler"
Do you think killing millions of Jews and starting a world war is great?? There is no comparing Hitler to Fidel. One of them was a racist the other a humanitarian. One of them believed in genocide the other in liberation.
To end this I'll leave you with a little quote from Fidel Castro."Condenadme, no importa, La historia me absolverá."
There are more of his ilk - one in North Korea and the second in Belarus. And plenty of them in Africa and the Middle East, unfortunately.
Julian, this is not directly related to your post, but I had the opportunity to meet a wonderful Cuban couple last Friday while working in the storm assistance operation in my community. We were working together loading supplies when I heard them speaking Spanish and asked them where they were from. They worked very hard assisting others in the neighborhood. They were a joy to work with.
I really enjoy meeting people across national boundaries. It helps me realize how similar we all are.
Se puede debatir de Fídel Castro por mas tiempo que él se ha quedado en el poder sin llegar a una conclusión 
Hasta sus seguidores deben entender que él, en efectivo, es un dictator. Pero no es suficiente llamarle dictator (o héroe). Sin duda, como cualquier otro líder, ha cometido errores y ha tenido exitos asimismo.
Y el quote (no sé como se dice "quote") que Heidi compartió, para mí, tiene veracidad:
"and a man who has all but destroyed his country with his manifold caprices"
Porque al fin y al cabo, él es un ser humano. Y los seres humanos son muy caprichosos.
Pero debe ser entendido que la historia de Cuba es la historia de latina america. Para entender el Cuba de hoy en dia debemos entender la historia de latina america y preguntarnos ¿porqúe todos los líderes latinos (salvo unos pocos que ya he mencionado) le dan apoyo a Fídel? ¿Será que comparten las misma experiencia?
Además, ¿Cómo es que en los otros países latinos se ha establecido la democracia electoral pero no en Cuba?
Encontré una buena documental para cualquier persona que quisiera practicar español y al mismo tiempo aprender de la historia de latina america. Esta es una manera de practicar español que me ha ayudado muchísimo:
La guerra fria en latinoamérica 1de6 (por desgracia, no hay subtitulos)
Geroge Orwell una vez dijo que,
"Quien controla el pasado controla el futuro. Quien controla el presente controla el pasado."
Se lo dejaré para ustedes para determinar quién "controla" el flujo de información hoy en día...
