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Fidel Castro and the Blind Spot of Liberalism
Why does the Left refuse to condemn a brutal tyrant?
Why does the Left refuse to condemn a brutal tyrant?
Last Wednesday, I awoke—quite literally—to one of the most significant developments in U.S.-Cuba relations since the countries halted contact in 1961.
While Cuba may possess some of the trappings of a totalitarian state, there is also a living, if limited, political existence. The history of Cuban politics does not begin and end with Fidel Castro, the Bay of Pigs, the trade embargo, and vintage automobiles.