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2016-11-28 Caribbean-Latin America

It is never a sad day when a monster dies (Video)

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-11-28 06:11|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 The 'sins of colonial domination.' A political meme dating back some 60 years. Who knew ?

I believe that there is no country in the world including any and all the countries under colonial domination, where economic colonization, humiliation and exploitation were worse than in Cuba, in part owing to my country's policies during the Batista regime. I approved the proclamation which Fidel Castro made in the Sierra Maestra, when he justifiably called for justice and especially yearned to rid Cuba of corruption. I will even go further: to some extent it is as though Batista was the incarnation of a number of sins on the part of the United States. Now we shall have to pay for those sins. In the matter of the Batista regime, I am in agreement with the first Cuban revolutionaries. That is perfectly clear.
— U.S. President John F. Kennedy, to Jean Daniel, October 24, 1963

Posted by Besoeker 2016-11-28 06:37|| 2016-11-28 06:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Additional reading, conjecture, and conspiracy.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-11-28 07:22|| 2016-11-28 07:22|| Front Page Top

#3 The headline is true if your head is on straight. That seems to be a bit less than half the world population these days and none at all in Hollyweird, academe, gummint and bizness worlds...

Posted by M. Murcek 2016-11-28 10:03|| 2016-11-28 10:03|| Front Page Top

#4 It's always sad when a dictator dies and the citizens don't have the chance to drag the body through the streets.

Posted by rjschwarz 2016-11-28 11:49|| 2016-11-28 11:49|| Front Page Top

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