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BaronCoop t1_iusa9zx wrote

Reply to comment by TheGreatBelow023 in When it comes to Cuba's military victory at the Bay of Pigs, does Che Guevara deserve any credit or should it be assigned exclusively to Castro's leadership? by Anglicanpolitics123

Is this true? That’s genius, I’d never heard that part before.

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[deleted] t1_iuue8o8 wrote

This method is how he rose to power. ETA: I’m Cuban.

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TheGreatBelow023 t1_iuummmj wrote

Definitely give “blowback” season 2 a listen. It covers the Cuban Revolution

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likealump t1_iuvkwck wrote

Classic authoritarian dictator MO. Chavez in Venezuela indoctrinated children by having hungry school kids put their heads down and pray to god for food and find nothing when they opened their eyes; then had them pray to Chavez and find food before them when they looked up again.

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