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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
While I am not for a second arguing anything you have said, I don't think there is concrete proof of Castro's betrayal of Che. If there is, I would be very interested in looking at it. A lot of Cubans do think Castro did this, so I'm not ruling it out, I would just like to see evidence that would lay fact to it. This is one of those things like the Kennedy assassination... I don't think the truth will ever come out. But if you have something, PLEASE let me see it.
Che was a powerful figure. He could have easily pulled the reigns from Castro had he chosen to.
While you will never hear me say that Castro is perfect, he is far from it. I'm sure he has just as much dirt on his hands as any other leader. However, you will hear my say that I respect him for what he did do to topple Batista, fix the educational system and for what he did for healthcare there. He is one stubborn SOB, and I respect him for that as well.
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I respect the fact that you spent time among us in Cuba and learned the culture and I'm sure you left with a sense of pride and respect in how we live our lives, even in complete poverty.
If anyone is to blame for Cuba's current economic state and Political issues it's the Cuban exiles that left. In 1959 - 1967 my family began supporting Castro then opposed him in the later years.
Castro was earning people's support because he had promised a free Cuba once again, unoppressed. He was charismatic and Strong willed.
He defeated Batista's weak Military and marched into Havana.
Castro came to the United states to work on changing the terms of the Platt Amendment, (look it up) and had not set up an appointment to see the president and was refused entrance to the whitehouse by his secretary. Castro waited hours for an opportunity to meet with Eisenhower and felt insulted by his refusal to meet with him.
Castro returned to Cuba, struck a better deal with Russia than he had had with the US And the rest is history.
When my family members began speaking out against him, going to visit him in his chambers in Havana, he began to arrest them. My grandfather was arrested 12 times in one year for walking over to his brother's house on suspicion of corraborating against the regime (My grandfather was the last person to finally give up hope for castro in 63, so he was arrested for no reason)
4 of my mother's uncles were shot on television.
My mother's family lived underground for 2 years in fear of religious persecution. Castro had killed my mother's teacher and principe a week earlier for refusing to pray to him instead of God.
My family owned the largest milk pasteurizing plant and had thousands of head of cattle. WE owned 40 large plots and our largest plot consisted of 6,870 acres. 500 acres was leant to Castro to train his troops prior to his battle with Batista the 3rd time. After castro gained power and turned communist he took our land and money from us.
The wealthy left cuba with nothing to escape death and prison. If they had stayed I beleive they would have prevailed and defeated Castro.