Fidel Castro cedes power to his brother!

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Castro kinda looked like Liam Neeson when he was younger

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Vitamin X:

 

In my eyes, you're assuming that the same thing will happen to Venezuela that happened to Cuba, but I disagree. Yes, he is good friends with Castro, but what's happening in Venezuela is pretty different than in Cuba. Theres more free speech now than there was before. There was the rich people who owned all the TV stations, and then there's Chavez' people who are trying to change that. You can't have a country that only caters to the rich, and that is what Chavez is trying to change.

 

When he came into office, 80% of the people were living at or even below poverty. "However, income is distributed unevenly, and approximately 80 percent of the population live at or below the poverty line." The rest of that long ass article, written in 2000 - http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/1999/405.htm. I also saw a documentary that mentioned this when he came into office.

 

I guess we should just agree to disagree on what will happen. You think they'll go extreme and just become a total communist country, while I think they'll keep it in between and stay as a socialist country. We'll just have to see.