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Fidel Castro’s legacy will live on

Fidel Castro

What we are unlikely to hear much from the frenzied media reports on Fidel Castro is his achievements. Castro overthrew something much worse than he is accused of.

The signature of the Batista regime he toppled in 1959 was executing opponents, both real and imaginary including children, and leaving their bodies hanging in the streets as a warning to Castro’s followers.

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