rubberdinghy Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 (edited) With this in the news i've got many questions...after visiting Cuba, and with Bush talking about forcing a democracy...blah, blah, blah....My main question, Why is Che Guevara such an icon, and Fidel is not?I understand somewhat where they both come from in history the Revolution and the 26th of July, but I don't understand why people idolize him so much... Edited August 1, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 For those who may not have heard,http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/07/31/castro-cuba.htmlreports thatCuban leader Fidel Castro said Monday he is undergoing surgery and will temporarily transfer his presidential powers to his brother, Raul.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted August 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Thanks brad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 De nada. The key thing I wanted to make sure got across (and which was missing from the subject and your post) is that the handover is temporary, and doesn't represent a fundamental change in the politics of Cuba.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted August 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 True...that's why I don't understand why all the Cuban-Americans are celebrating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Why is Che Guevara such an icon, and Fidel is not?Fidel lived too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nattyMatty Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Mabe they want to go Back.... I donno...My parents have gone there a few times and made friends wtih some locals and from what i have herd is that his brother is Worse.. I donno I don't think they had it all that bad they let on That it is So that tourist bring them Shoes, and cloths and what not. ill have to ask my mom to send her friend a letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted August 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Do most of the Cubans that live in Cuba now, like communism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 True...that's why I don't understand why all the Cuban-Americans are celebrating...Why do you think they "moved" to the States in the first place? No one packs up their family and boards a make-shift raft bound for Florida if the home situation is good. One Cuban ex-pat author living in Toronto said Cuban citizens are people without even the most basic of civil rights. You speak out against the government, and you go to jail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted August 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 right, but if this is only a temporary situation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Why is Che Guevara such an icon' date=' and Fidel is not?[/quote']Fidel lived too long.what he said. che was captured and executed in a bolivian jungle, ostensibly while fighting for the underdogs. instant martyr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 mmmm, ostensibly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWeeJig Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 I watched, The Nature Of Things, this past Sunday. Quite an intriguing episode about the sustainable agricultural industry that the country of Cuba practices and maintains. Quite possibly the most efficient in the world today. Despite all of the hardships that the country and it's citizens have been through and continue to deal with they have managed to take a stronghold on an asset for human survival, food. As long as that continues to be the main focus of the people and the government (Castro or Son) then this country has a bright future compared to hundreds of others, including Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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