Rumors say Cuban President Fidel Castro has died

[fingolfin]

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.. i thought that guy's immortal.

[thadzonline]

hahaha..maybe his legacy is immortal..how he defied imperial America for 5 decades

[Dorothea]

hmmm....if ever that is true, it is going to be an acid test to the Cuban system who have been a hardline critic and defiant of imperialist America(USA)...ganahan biya kaayo ko ana ila form of governance, dili siya utopic but it focuses on equal distribution of wealth, delivery of basic services and living a simple life

that is a good system in theory, pero I don't think it's been actualized...I believe that life in Cuba is really bleak (and not only US propaganda), otherwise its people wouldn't risk their lives in rubber boats crossing the sea para lang maka tapon sa Florida, and seek asylum.

If Castro has indeed hit the bucket, it's a happy, happy thing. I hope he suffers in the next life.

[thadzonline]

that is a good system in theory, pero I don't think it's been actualized...I believe that life in Cebu is really bleak (and not only US propaganda), otherwise its people wouldn't risk their lives in rubber boats crossing the sea para lang maka tapon sa Florida, and seek asylum.

If Castro has indeed hit the bucket, it's a happy, happy thing. I hope he suffers in the next life.

maybe seek asylum kay sweet kaayo paminawon ang mga promises sa US porpaganda but in reaity Cubans are not living a better life in the US mainland either, Hispanics, Cubans included make up most of the poverty-level population of the US

[Dorothea]

^well, if life in Cuba is not miserable, dili man ma tental ang mga tawo to seek a better life somewhere else. That's plain common sense. Pareha ra gud na sa mga pinoy, nganong mag abroad man gyud. So I still agree with you, maybe that system is good...in theory...pero failure lang gihapon, because Cubans would rather be poor in the US than be poor in Cuba. At least, they don't get murdered if they have opposing views about the government.

And besides, being poor in the US is not the same as being poor in Cuba. A poor Cuban in Florida is probably equivalent to a rich Cuban in Cuba (not that there are any rich Cubans in Cuba, besides the gov't people and the drug traffickers)

[thadzonline]

or maybe because they still lived a poor life in the US, they just cant go back, or if not basin tungod kay poor ra japon wala nay sense ibalik.. what and is that life in Cuba is devoid of the material pleasures that corporate is trying so much to hype, kumbaga simple living but then again daghan man sad tawo gud ngita jud ug worldly pleasures..the idea of health centers in barrios is actually of Cuban brainchild

[Dorothea]

^If by simple living, you mean that a top theather actress (considered a good paying job in Cuba) still cannot afford to feed her three children, then bisan ako pud oi mangita ko'g worldly pleasures.

There is a fine line between simple living and living a life that is almost devoid of the most basic necessities that are essential to a happy and contented life.

[thadzonline]

of course I agree to that but you know as we are at it, we really do not know which side is showing the real picture..it's a propaganda war for all we know, but maybe we can be content with the agreement that in theory their system is good, it just needs a country where it can be tested in its most ideal setting

[gilles]

buhi pa cgro na! immortal mana cya!!

[kolz]

I've had a Cuban friend who happens to successfully cross over to the US. He was narrating how life in Cuba has been a misery, sugar and food are being rationed. He was telling me how children in their village died of diseases and malnutrition because drugs were not available ... etc. Its a bleak picture he told me by telling these stories ....

If simple living you mean is living in a place where government can't provide basic nessesities like food, shelter, etc ... I'd do the same thing my friend did... cross over to Florida, risk my life, for all i know my children's children wouldn't have to suffer the same fate.