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Cuba and the end of the Castro Dynasty
Jun 7^th, 2021 at 9:23am

With the resignation of 90-year-old Raul Castro, the Castro regime is finally at an end.

The new president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, may be showing signs of reversing Cuba's disastrous socialist experiment in favour of capitalism and democracy, in return for trust and good relations with the United States.

Díaz-Canel has approved legal status for private businesses whose operators were previously designated as 'self-employed'. This would legitimise over at least 2000 business sectors.

It is a move in the right direction, however, the government still retains control of many crucial areas of the economy, like tourism, tobacco production, pharmaceutical production and health care.

Also, private business are still prohibited from the media and communications sector.

Fidel Castro may have cultivated a titanic persona and had charisma in spades, but he was a midget in managing his country's economy and incapable of the kind of international relations that would have aided his country in favour of revolutionary grandstanding, aggrandising himself and satiating his gargantuan ego.

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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 13182 Armidale Gender:	Re: Cuba and the end of the Castro Dynasty Reply #1 - Jun 12^th, 2021 at 1:08pm Grandstanding, aggrandising himself and satiating his gargantuan ego. Genomically, Castros aggregate aggrieved geopolitical gerontocracies , generating agglutinated gigacracy.
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Frank Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 52916 Gender:	Re: Cuba and the end of the Castro Dynasty Reply #2 - Jun 12^th, 2021 at 1:11pm The long awaited Castrotion of Cuba.... A good thing.
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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 13182 Armidale Gender:	Re: Cuba and the end of the Castro Dynasty Reply #3 - Jun 12^th, 2021 at 1:15pm incubating catastrophe. Cuban castration was performed by US.
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NorthOfNorth Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 17258 Gender:	Re: Cuba and the end of the Castro Dynasty Reply #4 - Jun 12^th, 2021 at 1:48pm chimera wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 1:08pm: Grandstanding, aggrandising himself and satiating his gargantuan ego. Genomically, Castros aggregate aggrieved geopolitical gerontocracies , generating agglutinated gigacracy. Ah! The semi-literate !
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Bias_2012 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10766 Gender:	Re: Cuba and the end of the Castro Dynasty Reply #5 - Jun 12^th, 2021 at 1:58pm Plenty of classic cars going back to the thirties they reckon .... Russian diesel engines in American yank tanks "The original engines are almost always tweaked, and many cars have Soviet engines powered by diesel." https://www.anywhere.com/cuba/travel-guide/classic-cars
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Re: Cuba and the end of the Castro Dynasty
Reply #6 - Jun 12^th, 2021 at 2:05pm

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Ah! The semi-literate !

Eh?
F Castro was named Havana’s outstanding schoolboy sportsman in 1943–44, and he excelled in track and field (in the high jump and middle-distance running), baseball, basketball, and table tennis. In 1945 he entered the School of Law of the University of Havana, graduated 1950.

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Re: Cuba and the end of the Castro Dynasty
Reply #7 - Jun 12^th, 2021 at 2:25pm

chimera wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 2:05pm:

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Ah! The semi-literate !

Eh?
F Castro was named Havana’s outstanding schoolboy sportsman in 1943–44, and he excelled in track and field (in the high jump and middle-distance running), baseball, basketball, and table tennis. In 1945 he entered the School of Law of the University of Havana, graduated 1950.

Yes, well... And a lousy economist and hopeless diplomat in the service of his country's greater good...

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 77853 Gender:	Re: Cuba and the end of the Castro Dynasty Reply #8 - Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:01pm NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 2:25pm: And a lousy economist it doesn't take a good economist to thrive when you're faced with trade sanctions against you.......... it takes a miracle.
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NorthOfNorth Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 17258 Gender:	Re: Cuba and the end of the Castro Dynasty Reply #9 - Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:04pm John Smith wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:01pm: NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 2:25pm: And a lousy economist it doesn't take a good economist to thrive when you're faced with trade sanctions against you.......... it takes a miracle. No, it takes a skilled diplomat.
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Reply #10 - Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:06pm

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:04pm:

John Smith wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:01pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 2:25pm:

And a lousy economist

it doesn't take a good economist to thrive when you're faced with trade sanctions against you.......... it takes a miracle.

No, it takes a skilled diplomat.

rubbish. No diplomat would change a thing. The only thing that would change the sanctions would be if they started giving in to the yanks.

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I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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Re: Cuba and the end of the Castro Dynasty
Reply #11 - Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:08pm

John Smith wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:06pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:04pm:

John Smith wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:01pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 2:25pm:

And a lousy economist

it doesn't take a good economist to thrive when you're faced with trade sanctions against you.......... it takes a miracle.

No, it takes a skilled diplomat.

rubbish. No diplomat would change a thing. The only thing that would change the sanctions would be if they started giving in to the yanks.

What does diplomacy mean to you?

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Re: Cuba and the end of the Castro Dynasty
Reply #12 - Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:16pm

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:08pm:

John Smith wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:06pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:04pm:

John Smith wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:01pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 2:25pm:

And a lousy economist

it doesn't take a good economist to thrive when you're faced with trade sanctions against you.......... it takes a miracle.

No, it takes a skilled diplomat.

rubbish. No diplomat would change a thing. The only thing that would change the sanctions would be if they started giving in to the yanks.

What does diplomacy mean to you?

It certainly doesn't mean giving in to the yanks.

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I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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Reply #13 - Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:21pm

John Smith wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:16pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:08pm:

John Smith wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:06pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:04pm:

John Smith wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:01pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 12^th, 2021 at 2:25pm:

And a lousy economist

it doesn't take a good economist to thrive when you're faced with trade sanctions against you.......... it takes a miracle.

No, it takes a skilled diplomat.

rubbish. No diplomat would change a thing. The only thing that would change the sanctions would be if they started giving in to the yanks.

What does diplomacy mean to you?

It certainly doesn't mean giving in to the yanks.

OK... That's what you think it isn't... What do you think it is?

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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 13182 Armidale Gender:	Re: Cuba and the end of the Castro Dynasty Reply #14 - Jun 12^th, 2021 at 3:39pm The antithesis. shut off, block-out, hide, screen-off, mask, obscure. Each testicle is housed in a fibrous outer covering called the tunica albuginea, which is contained within a sac of skin called the scrotum.
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