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Castro: Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas comments on Fidel Castro and Cuba in 7 tweets – click on this tweet for the thread

1.‘Fidel Castro was a nationalist whose anti-imperialism was the driving force throughout his career.’

2.‘This brought him into major conflict with the United States whose empire had included Cuba before the Revolution.’

3.‘His struggle against US imperialism was fought across the globe, not just in Cuba, & included Americas, Africa & Asia.’

4. ‘His successful battle against US imperialism led him to become over-dependent on the Soviet Union and later Venezuela.’