Debates are raging on Twitter over the type of man Fidel Castro was. Words like “revolutionaary”, “despot” “dictator” are bandied about at the mention of Castro’s name. But people also remember him as one who fought imperialism tooth and nail and gave Cuba one of the best health care systems in the world.
Do see below:
For Castro
"They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America" – Fidel Castro
— Garikai Chengu (@ChenguGold) November 26, 2016
"Under Castro, Cuba achieves the same health care system outcomes as the US, at 5% the cost." ~ Noam Chomsky
— Garikai Chengu (@ChenguGold) November 26, 2016
Cuba has the best literacy rate in the world because it spends five times as much on education than war – the opposite of what America does.
— Garikai Chengu (@ChenguGold) November 26, 2016
Lest we forget, Cuba was the biggest single provider of healthcare workers to the Ebola crisis in West Africa, more than all richer nations.
— Garikai Chengu (@ChenguGold) November 26, 2016
Cuba has clearly played one of the greatest humanitarian roles in the world, especially given its small size and meager resources.
— Garikai Chengu (@ChenguGold) November 26, 2016
Given US criticism of Cuba's human rights record, is it not deeply ironic that US is violating fundamental rights on Cuban soil? #Guantánamo
— Garikai Chengu (@ChenguGold) November 26, 2016
US sanctions on Cuba have been classified as “genocide” under the Geneva Convention of 1948. They cost the Cuban economy $1trillion dollars.
— Garikai Chengu (@ChenguGold) November 26, 2016
1. Today the world lost an iconic revolutionary leader Fidel Castro who liberated his nation from all vestiges of imperialism.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 26, 2016
2. Castro reasserted the Cuban nation's dignity & self worth that withstood US aggression & became a global ldr for anti colonial struggles
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 26, 2016
3. We in Pakistan will always remember with gratitude Cuba's support on the ground in the aftermath of the 2005 earthquake
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/avilarenata/status/802404836771708928
Fidel Castro GENUINELY cared about Africa and it's emancipation from the colonialists. He committed money and troops to Africa's cause.
— Ikenna Nzimora (@ronaldnzimora) November 26, 2016
Against Castro
https://twitter.com/Gidimeister/status/802415590212333568
https://twitter.com/Gidimeister/status/802417235025391616
https://twitter.com/Gidimeister/status/802405813281259521
At the end of the day
A man that kills his own people for speaking against him is hardly a hero in my books sha.
— Osi (@Osi_Suave) November 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/Caluuuuh33/status/802424444639645696
https://twitter.com/SamValley/status/802416330645204992
https://twitter.com/freddoso/status/802400792560959488
https://twitter.com/freddoso/status/802398736399769600
https://twitter.com/freddoso/status/802400792560959488
https://twitter.com/freddoso/status/802398327543169025
Debates
Fidel Castro's death is d first of a public figure in 2016 that many prayed for going back decades. The world is now a much better place.
— Mr. Aye Dee (@MrAyeDee) November 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/sadiqlagos/status/802399575621386240
https://twitter.com/KadariaAhmed/status/802399187279212545
https://twitter.com/KadariaAhmed/status/802405515020161025
Won't know his legacy is till we have a Free Cuba that objectively determines that. Insha Allah we shall live to see that happen. https://t.co/muujifG222
— Mr. Aye Dee (@MrAyeDee) November 26, 2016
Also, as great as some of Castro's legacies were, except for left win revolutionaries, literally no one aspired to get to Cuba. No One. https://t.co/0vRfEjooqK
— Mr. Aye Dee (@MrAyeDee) November 26, 2016
Instead, most people, chose to go North of Cuba to the United States. There's a reason for this, most people prefer freedom to a nanny state
— Mr. Aye Dee (@MrAyeDee) November 26, 2016
When you add 'repressive' to the modus operandi of this nanny state, even more so. In the last 3 decades, thousands have risked it all to
— Mr. Aye Dee (@MrAyeDee) November 26, 2016
flee Cuba where they had 'everything' to come to the USA where they were guaranteed nothing. Don't know of any Americans running to Cuba
— Mr. Aye Dee (@MrAyeDee) November 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/KadariaAhmed/status/802412012240310272
https://twitter.com/KadariaAhmed/status/802411366736859136
you heard d voice of those that left, those that didn't want Cuba to change, voices of those who Batista's government favoured.
— wolé (@AfrosoulAdew) November 26, 2016
My tweets are for when someone will come later to tell you how Fidel Castro was a bad idea for Cuba. Dont let them make up your mind for you
— Ikenna Nzimora (@ronaldnzimora) November 26, 2016
In the end, Castro was both “hero and villain”- it just depends on where you stand.
