Murder Mayhem Or Madness?

Six months ago the aging Castro finally handed the reins of the Presidential control over to his 76 year old brother, Raul Castro, after a 49 year rule which deprived the {{{nation | country}}} of democratic elections. Raul has 77 year old Jose Ramon as his {{{Deputy | Vice President}}} and 72 year old Gen. Julio Casas as his Defense Minister.

Steven Levitt said "In {{{democratic | self governing}}} countries Presidents don’t matter. Dictators, with their {{{insatiable | voracious}}} appetite for glory, on the other hand appear to exert {{{considerable | substantial}}} influence on the economic fortunes of their {{{country | nation}}}. There are after all, so few checks on the {{{power | authority}}} of an autocrat."

Dictators are {{{authoritarian | strict}}} rulers, who assume sole power over the state. Julius Caesar was dictator of Rome for life. {{{Modern | Current}}} day dictators include Franco of Spain, Pilsudski of Poland, Salazar of Portugal, Mussolini of Italy, Hitler of Germany, Stalin of USSR, and Peron of Argentina, Trajillo of the Dominican Republic, Diaz of Mexico, Noriega of Panama and Castro of Cuba.

In the late 1950s, most Cubans {{{thought | believed}}} Cuba needed a change, and everyone {{{thought | felt}}} they were {{{correct | right}}}. When a young charismatic leader came along, every Cuban was {{{receptive | interested}}}, in spite of the fact it took a {{{revolution | rebellion}}} to put him in power.

The press {{{fell in love with | adore}}} the young man who eloquently and passionately denounced the old {{{system | structure}}}. No one asked who his friends were, or what he really believed in. {{{Impoverished | Poor}}} farmers believed it when the new leader said he would {{{help| assist}}} them and give them free medical care and {{{education | schooling}}} for all.

{{{People | Citizens}}} cheered when he said he would bring {{{justice | fairness}}} and equality. When the new leader spouted "I am for change and I'll bring you change," {{{everyone | everybody}}} yelled, "Viva Fidel." A new Messiah had {{{come | arrived}}}.

By the {{{time | day}}} the executioner's guns were finally {{{silent | silenced}}} the people's {{{guns| weapons}}} had been taken away. By the time {{{everyone | everybody}}} was equal, they were equally poor, hungry, and oppressed. By the {{[time | day}}} {{{everyone | everybody}}} received their free education it was {{{worth nothing | valueless}}}. By the {{{time | day}}} the press noticed, it was too late, because they were now working for the new leader. By the {{{time | day}}} the change was finally implemented Cuba had been knocked down to a Third-World status. By the {{{time | day}}} the change was over, more than a million people had taken to boats, rafts, and {{{inner | tyre}}} tubes. {{{Perhaps | Maybe}}} those who made {{{it ashore | landed}}} in other {{{countries | nations}}} were the fortunate Cubans. Fidel's illegitimate daughter is one of the Cuban escapees and has been a strong critic of her father’s {{{hard-fisted | hard-handed}}} {{{policies | politics}}}.

While claiming to be a communist {{{regime | government}}}, it is said the working class in Cuba, who were paralyzed after Castro formed a new {{{bureaucracy | system of government}}}}, need to unite and fight the ruling class, who reap the rewards from their island.

Cubans are now asking, will there be a new round of changes, or is the aged leadership {{{merely | simply}}} going to follow in Fidel's footsteps? Many Cubans feel they should have the right to come and go from their {{{nation | country}}} as they please, meet whom they please and have the {{{freedom | liberty}}} of speech. Instead they are {{{indigent | very poor}}} captives, whose {{{liberty | freedom}}} has been crushed as if it was of no {{{value| account}}}.

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