President Castro (some would say Dictator) as you all might know has fallen ill, if not yet died and turned undead thanks to a little propaganda hocus pocus, Cohiba smoke and re-refurbished circa 1950's mirrors.
As you can all imagine this has turned into a revolutionary cry of disbelief, or that of an oppressed/exiled people’s glint of hope. The contextual dichotomies of the many facets of the arguments surrounding Castro are endless. They range far beyond the simple constructs of Cold War politics and set the stage for a back and forth of Marxist vs. Capitalist, religion vs. institution of power, civil liberties vs. police states, America vs. the rest of the world, Embargo vs. just deserves, banana republic gone rebel vs. Gap wants to set up sweat-shop, and so on and so on.
May we invoke the dues ex machina now? I guess your right, if it were that easy La Caridad del Cobre (our Lady of Charity/ Cuba’s patron saint) would have probably sunk the entire Cuban naval force by now or Castro would have been the equivalent of a Kofi Annan in a South American conglomerate larger then Chaves and Evo’s backyards.
Am I ranting? I think it’s that freedom of speech crap which makes us feel so entitled to always give our, perhaps, uninvited opinions. I’d give it up any day for universal health care and third world sanitation. Or not.
All in all the man brings up a lot of feelings here are some I found on the BBC’s forum.
I want universal healthcare and freedom of speech and I'll take while enjoying the sunrise on the tropical beach.