Castro's recklessness during the missile crisis (along with Khrushchev's & Kennedy's) nearly destroyed the world. Worth thinking about.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Castro was a nationalist (specifically an anti-American nationalist) first & a socialist second (almost as a byproduct).
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Replying to @HeerJeet
I don't think this is correct at all. It's obviously the case that he didn't BEGIN as a Communist but he most certainly became one
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Replying to @davidrieff
But the core identity was a desire to defy America & free Cuba (& broader Latin America) from American hegemony.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Castro had other ambitions. If you read him, you'll see how seriously he took his Marxism. & his agenda was not only Latin America
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Replying to @davidrieff
Well,there was a larger anti-colonial ambition -- hence his Africa policy.
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