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Humberto Fontova on the CIA backing Fidel Castro coming to power in Cuba
https://youtu.be/BLAoJCU9HEk ^ | 7.10.2019

Posted on 07/22/2019 7:18:06 PM PDT by TakebackGOP

Cuban commentator Humberto Fontova discusses the CIA being filled with liberals, and how conservatives in the past did not trust them. Barry Farber Show 7.10.2019.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education; History
KEYWORDS: cia; fidelcastro; humbertofontova

1 posted on 07/22/2019 7:18:07 PM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: TakebackGOP

Batista was a “person of color”, overthrown by basically “white Hispanic” racist Commies like Castro and Che. Let’s see how today’s leftist race-baiters spin that.


2 posted on 07/22/2019 7:26:14 PM PDT by rfp1234 (NBC: Putting the TURD in Saturday.)
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To: TakebackGOP

Deep State 60s style. Been around for a looong time.


3 posted on 07/22/2019 7:32:29 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: TakebackGOP

My gosh, this looks like pure speculation to me. What is the point? Are they trying to say the CIA installed Castro? Why would they do that? And besides there is no proof. We can’t even prove who killed Kennedy.


4 posted on 07/22/2019 7:35:33 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Investigate! Investigate! There are charges yet to fabricate!)
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To: TakebackGOP
It is no secret that the US supported Batista relinquishing power peacefully and leaving the country. I recall it when it was happening. Castro was seen as a nationalist leader. He kept his communist ideology carefully hidden from the outside world until after he had consolidated his regime.
5 posted on 07/22/2019 7:42:25 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (Power is more often surrendered than seized.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

Castro also made use of the Cuban’s belief in the occult. He came in with a dove sitting on his shoulder (ie, paralleling the Holy Spirit), and was therefore called “The Horse” (”El Caballo”), the one the spirits ride. (This can be seen in some newsreels.)

When Batista was riding high, the voodoo people used to send him little dolls every month. When they switched to Castro, they sent them to him. And gave his soldiers scarves which were supposed to make them impervious to bullets.

He had one girlfriend who was involved in such practices.

Cuba was always half-pagan and half-Christian; santeria has always been big there and was never persecuted by Castro, in contrast with Christianity.


6 posted on 07/22/2019 7:48:13 PM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: hinckley buzzard

Agreed, and that was shameful on our part. I’m not sure if the CIA had any real role in Fidel Castro’s rise to power other than maybe shipping arms to the wrong group by mistake, though. It was mostly the State Department that was responsible for actively backing Castro.

And quite frankly, one thing I have doubts about is the CIA being largely liberal during that time. I mean, wasn’t the entire reason the CIA was created was due to the OSS being riddled with liberals and communists? Seems like a waste to remove the OSS and replace them with the same. Besides, the likes of Eisenhower trusted them at least, he certainly trusted Allen Dulles with his life.


7 posted on 07/22/2019 7:50:26 PM PDT by otness_e
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To: The_Media_never_lie

It’s in his books.


8 posted on 07/22/2019 7:56:18 PM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: The_Media_never_lie

You and me.


9 posted on 07/22/2019 11:00:43 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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