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Fidel Castro to US: you owe us millions
Yahoo News ^ | August 13, 2015

Posted on 08/13/2015 7:25:21 AM PDT by yoe

Fidel Castro marked his 89th birthday Thursday by insisting the United States owes Cuba "many millions of dollars" because of the half-century-old American trade embargo.

Castro spoke out in an essay published in local media a day before US Secretary of State John Kerry makes a historic visit to Cuba to reopen the US embassy as part of the countries' restoration of diplomatic relations.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obamalegacy
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Isn't that just like a Communist?
1 posted on 08/13/2015 7:25:21 AM PDT by yoe
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CPE to Fidel: Bafangool!


2 posted on 08/13/2015 7:27:13 AM PDT by Crystal Palace East ("We Must All Hang Together, or Assuredly We Will All Hang Separately" B. Franklin)
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I think we owe them millions but not dollars. Send them millions of illegals.


3 posted on 08/13/2015 7:27:53 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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You mean the guy that seized private property from the owners of it?


4 posted on 08/13/2015 7:28:37 AM PDT by optiguy (If government is the answer, it was a stupid question.)
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You first, Fidel!

Outstanding claims for property lost in the early 1960s after Fidel Castro's rise to power in 1959 and subsequent nationalization of private assets are estimated to stand at $7 billion to $8 billion. (CNBC)

5 posted on 08/13/2015 7:28:56 AM PDT by JPG (What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
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To: mountainlion

What about all the American owned property in Cuba which was expropriated at the time of the revolution? If we’re saying who owes what to whom, shouldn’t all of that property be part of the equation????


6 posted on 08/13/2015 7:28:59 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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The trade embargo was put in place because Fidel nationalized (stole) American investments in farms, casinos, hotels, and factories.

Fidel owes the affected Americans the value of that property plus appreciation and interest.

But soon we will borrow from the Saudis and Chinese to shovel cash to Fidel because not being able to trade with ONE of the world’s countries completely trashed his economy.


7 posted on 08/13/2015 7:30:04 AM PDT by DBrow
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To: yoe

Cash the Gitmo rent checks you keep in your desk then, douchebag.


8 posted on 08/13/2015 7:30:08 AM PDT by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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This is so funny. According to the theories of many Leftists the US trade embargo was the best thing ever to happen to Cuba. Proponents of what is called Dependency Theory view trade between the First and Third World as fundamentally exploitative of the 3rd World. So I guess Fidel was not a fellow traveler with his fellow Leftists.


9 posted on 08/13/2015 7:30:41 AM PDT by C19fan
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It sickens me that this bastard has lived to see 89.


10 posted on 08/13/2015 7:30:50 AM PDT by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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I’d rather we would always owe them than beat them out of it-—LOL!


11 posted on 08/13/2015 7:32:07 AM PDT by basil
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He knows Obama will give him the money, our money. When the Crime Syndicate (Democrats) are in charge, they will freely give our money away to anyone.


12 posted on 08/13/2015 7:37:57 AM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: yoe

Note to Myer Lansky: take care of this will you.


13 posted on 08/13/2015 7:44:00 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: yoe

And, here we go. Does anyone doubt that Cuba will reap billions in “reparations”?


14 posted on 08/13/2015 7:44:30 AM PDT by ChocChipCookie ("Demons run when a good man goes to war.")
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To: yoe

Obama says, “How much should I write out the check for?”


15 posted on 08/13/2015 7:45:43 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Global economy. Countries all over the world COULD invest, trade, outsource jobs to Cuba no matter the embargo.
This doesn't happen much because the Cuban government makes it difficult to make $ and if a company succeeds the regime is crooked enough to steal the business.
16 posted on 08/13/2015 7:47:49 AM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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As I remember, after he took over Cuba, Castro refused lease payments from the US on Guantanamo.

Obama will see that he gets millions.


17 posted on 08/13/2015 7:49:49 AM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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Fidel Castro marked his 89th birthday Thursday by insisting the United States owes Cuba "many millions of dollars" because of the half-century-old American trade embargo.

Wow. the old commie bastard must be getting senile...

He's only asking for millions and not billions...

Millions are now pocket change to countries...

I'm sure Obama will capitulate...

18 posted on 08/13/2015 7:49:53 AM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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Hey Fidel, go reproduce asexually.

5.56mm

19 posted on 08/13/2015 7:50:39 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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Here we go! The Kenyan kisses their communist asses and now WE owe them millions. Elections do have consequences. The boy in the Rainbow Palace should never been given a second term.


20 posted on 08/13/2015 7:50:47 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Cecil the Lion says, Stop the Slaughter of the Baby Humans!!!)
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