A reasonably impartial obituary for Late Fidel Castro, by Senior Indian English Journalist, Shri Parsa Venkateswara Rao Jr., can be found at Deccan Chronicle.com. Click to go to http://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/op-ed/301116/fidel-was-no-stalin-more-like-ho.html. Indian Capitalist Media seems to have ignored the demise of Fidel Castro, the former Cuban Dictator, as something untouchable. Fortunately, Deccan Chronicle has not done it. Proof, the piece of write-up, titled : "Fidel was no Stalin, more like Ho", by Shri Parsa Venkateswara Rao.
We shall take up a few quotes from the article of Shri Parsa Venkateswara Rao Jr. for an analytical review:
"... The pragmatist in Castro is best seen in the fact that Cubans who were allowed to go to the United States remitted huge amounts in dollars, and the Cuban dictator did not show any aversion for the capitalist dollar. The major achievement of the Castro government has been the welfare measures of free education, healthcare along with employment and housing, which seems to have kept the people at large in good humour. There is no doubt that he dealt harshly with his critics, imprisoned them or exiled them. But this did not seem to lead to popular discontent. ..."
yb-a-donkey: No aversion to Capitalist dollars! Welfare measures! Dealt harshly with his critics! Imprisoned them! Exiled them! This didn't lead to popular discontent!
Everything is crystal clear. No need to add more.
"...The state-run economy was not a huge success and people were allowed to run their own farms and businesses by and by. The iron curtain between Cuba and the United States was rather a thin one. ..."
yb-a-donkey: Mr. Castro's coterie members and cronies might have been allowed to do businesses and own farms. Where is Marxism or Socialism or Communism in all this? Castro might not have sold himself out to Capitalism, as openly as the Chinese Dictators. But degradation, though its intensity may vary, is very obvious.
To continue someday. कुछ अन्य दिन इसको जारी रखूंगा। ఇంకో రోజు దీనిని కొనసాగిస్తాను.
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