Oh, yes! Dictators, totalitarians of any stripe hate freedom and information and the open exchange of ideas. And utter humorlessness is another hallmark of freedom-hating governments, too.
It must be a real old aspect of the "human condition." After all, the Founding Fathers made sure that freedom of speech was part of the Constitution. And that was a long time ago.
Bet ya the problem goes back tens of thousands of years.
Yeah, Castro belongs in a mesuem.A real dinosaur!