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See Every Fidel Castro Appearance on the Cover of TIME
time.com ^ | Nov. 26, 2016 | Katie Reilly

Posted on 11/26/2016 11:46:13 AM PST by PROCON

The Jan. 26, 1998 issue of TIME.


He was on nine covers between January 1959 and January 1998

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who died Friday at the age of 90, appeared several times on the cover of TIME throughout his life.

Between January 1959 and January 1998, Castro was featured on the cover of TIME nine times, with cover stories detailing his rise to power and his meeting with Pope John Paul II.

(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: death; fidelcastro; time
With all this love and adoration by TIME; any doubt he'll have one last cover as Man of the Year?
1 posted on 11/26/2016 11:46:13 AM PST by PROCON
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To: PROCON

Of course he will be on it. Geez, I lived long enough to see him dead....then have to see the love fest for him.


2 posted on 11/26/2016 11:48:14 AM PST by ColdOne ((poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~WE DID IT DEPLORABLES!EraseThe0bagambiLegacy!)
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To: PROCON

Is that....the Pope praying...to Castro???


3 posted on 11/26/2016 11:48:18 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: PROCON

Castro brought more death, destruction, and misery to Cuba than any other single person in history.


4 posted on 11/26/2016 11:48:33 AM PST by marktwain
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5 posted on 11/26/2016 11:50:16 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: PROCON

Well it’s about Time.


6 posted on 11/26/2016 11:52:06 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much wwork to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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Is that....the Pope praying...to Castro???

In TIME's eyes....YES!

7 posted on 11/26/2016 11:52:23 AM PST by PROCON (Onto the Great American Rebirth!)
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Leave it to Time to Canonize a filthy Marxist serial killer as Saint of the Left.

Though he would have been ‘Cannon-ized’ if Kennedy and the CIA had done the job correctly.


8 posted on 11/26/2016 11:58:01 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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He was charismatic. He knew how to charm people, even the media. It’s time for Cuba to embrace capitalism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-WW63Lmai8


9 posted on 11/26/2016 12:24:20 PM PST by GuavaCheesePuff
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time admires the vicious dictator, as well as the marxist who lied his way into the papacy.


10 posted on 11/26/2016 1:17:33 PM PST by I want the USA back (Voltaire: To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.)
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To: PROCON

I think they put Hitler on a cover too.


11 posted on 11/26/2016 1:45:25 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Ride To The Sound Of The Guns)
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“far verified the names of 9,240 victims of the Castro regime and the circumstances of their deaths.”

http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113590852154334404


12 posted on 11/26/2016 2:05:08 PM PST by keving (We get the government to vote)
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I may go buy a big screen TV in his honor.

13 posted on 11/26/2016 2:43:33 PM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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