Word: fidels
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Dictatorships require isolation if they hope to survive freedom's onslaught. Fidel Castro's five decades in power were less the product of brilliance and charisma than the result of the U.S.-enforced isolation. Uncle Sam's embargo provided Castro with the shield he needed to survive the demise of the communist bloc. The embargo denied Castro nothing he couldn't buy elsewhere, while his totalitarian communist system has destroyed entrepreneurial initiative, squandered wealth on weapons and brought abject poverty to the Cuban populace. Tony Gonzalez, WEEKI WACHEE...
...Dictators, of course, have greater staying power. Ivy Jerrier from Durban in South Africa spots Zimbabwe's despotic leader Robert Mugabe sitting next to Fidel Castro. "I don't want a picture with him," she exclaims, then changes her mind and strikes a pose with her hands around his throat. Tussaud's dispensed with rope barriers five years...
...Dictatorships need isolation if they hope to resist freedom's onslaught. Fidel Castro's five decades in power were less the product of brilliance and charisma than of U.S.-enforced isolation. Uncle Sam's embargo provided Castro with the shield he needed to survive the demise of the communist bloc. The embargo denied Castro nothing he couldn't buy elsewhere, while his totalitarian communist system has destroyed entrepreneurial initiative, squandered wealth on weapons and brought abject poverty to the Cuban populace. Tony Gonzalez, Weeki Wachee, Florida...
...sanctions against Cuba which began in the Kennedy era never worked because they were a blow not to the government of Fidel Castro, but a direct attack on the ordinary people of Cuba. It was a complete failure from start to finish as has been proven over the years, so let’s take a new look...
...best place to find vintage American cars from the 1950s is not anywhere in the United States. It is Havana, Cuba, once a balmy tourist spot and the seat of the authoritarian regime led until last week by Fidel Castro. Boxy, majestic Chevys and Pontiacs haunt the streets here, reinforced with fenders made from scrap metal, painted and repainted past recognition...