[Texas_Dawg]

I cant see why a country that rose up against Batista, hasnt the courage to rise up against Castro.

A couple things: 1) The "country" did not rise up against him. Some very intelligent thugs were able to rally enough people to overthrow a very weak, poorly-run government. And this was 50 years ago when many poor Cubans had no idea what Communism was other than that it sounded nice. They no better now and Castro has had to imprison and execute thousands that were once considered from his main support areas (i.e. the Afro-Cubans).

2) The Batista government that Castro overthrew was not nearly as tyrannical as his and therefore not willing to execute and imprison innocent people in order to keep an iron fist rule on the country.

Was the standard of living under Batista as bad as it is under Castro?

No.

[itsahoot]

The "country" did not rise up against him. Some very intelligent thugs were able to rally enough people to overthrow a very weak, poorly-run government

Financed and backed by the U.S. Government. Eisenhower expressed surprise and dismay, when Castro announced that he was a Communist.

[Desparado]

3) The great Cuban Embargo was brought about by the American congress and President Kennedy to force Castro to give back all the American Property and Wealth that he Nationalized(i.e. stold) after he consolidated his power with our help. What the American people don't understand is that Castro could have ended the embargo at any time during the last 40 years by simply returning the Americans' property to them.