RIP Fidel Castro
RIP Fidel Castro
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"The true tragedy for Cuba is that the revolution occurred at the height of the Cold War. The United States could not countenance tolerating an independent Cuba lest it encourage other Latin American nations similarly to take matters into their own hands. The US also feared that the Soviet Union would be the main beneficiary of an independent Cuba. So Washington sought to undermine the Castro regime by isolating Cuba, and it eventually imposed an economic blockade.
Cuba simply could not survive this blockade. And so it was literally forced into the hands of the Soviet Union...."
- such a fascinating time in politics. one can get lost in it and lose sense of the fallout in suffering.Gnash