End of an Era

@just4him (323168)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
November 28, 2016 5:24pm CST
I turned on the TV this morning to find the news on and the news was life changing. At least that's how a lot of people are viewing the passing of Fidel Castro. I think the man was in power when I was born, though I haven't checked on those facts, but I did note he was 90 years old, so he lived a long life. Another fact I noticed on the news was that the airlines are now making flights to Cuba. You know that never happened during his life time. Change is in the wind for Cuba and I wonder how it will affect the rest of the world. It truly is an end of an era.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
28 Nov 16
Cuba will be different for sure now.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Nov 16
I'm thinking so as well.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Nov 16
@Dena91 I hadn't heard anything about him.
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Dena Miller
@Dena91 (17039)
• United States
29 Nov 16
Even with his uncle as ruler? Last I heard Raul Castro, his uncle assumed his job as Fidel's health declined. Is his uncle not into Communism like Fidel?
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
28 Nov 16
Certainly they are dancing in the streets of Miami.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Nov 16
I heard something about that.
Dena Miller
@Dena91 (17039)
• United States
29 Nov 16
Can't blame them. Wonder how many list family members and friends under his rule
celticeagle
@celticeagle (189880)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Nov 16
Yes, I wonder how will affect others now that he is gone.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189880)
• Boise, Idaho
1 Dec 16
@just4him .....People seem mostly glad about it.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
2 Dec 16
@celticeagle I'm not surprised.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Nov 16
We can only wait and see.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148734)
• Roseburg, Oregon
29 Nov 16
We can only hope changes will be for the better.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Nov 16
Yes, I agree.
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
28 Nov 16
yes it is.Many people are visiting Cube.They have many tours there.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Nov 16
Interesting.
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Claudia Kirkland
@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
29 Nov 16
As many people have been saying, nothing is going to change right away in Cuba since Castro's brother is still in power. He is supposedly only staying in power a couple of years longer and I don't know what will happen after that. Trump has had a lot to say about Fidel Castro, and he doesn't seem to want to stay friendly with Cuba, so who knows what will happen going forward. But yes, it seems that Fidel Castro was running Cuba forever! I remember hearing about him from a very young age.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Nov 16
Now is not the time to make enemies of Cuba.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Dec 16
@CRK109 In a way that's very sad. He might not have been the best loved ruler, but he was still a head of state, and that alone should be recognized if nothing else.
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Claudia Kirkland
@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
3 Dec 16
@just4him I thought so, too. With the situation that we're now being allowed to travel there again, I thought for sure that President Obama was going. But nope. Everyone skipped it.
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
29 Nov 16
Castro came to power in 1959 and certainly the Cuban missile crisis was part of what I remember from the early 1960's.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Nov 16
Me too. So he came to power when I was six.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Nov 16
It will be interesting to see what changes do occur.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Nov 16
Yes it will.
Xavier Bage
@franxav (14591)
• India
29 Nov 16
Cuba will see a different kind of revolution soon.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Nov 16
I hope it will be good.
NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (127153)
• United States
29 Nov 16
I think there have been flights to Cuba for a several months now.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Nov 16
I only heard about it this morning.
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57231)
•
29 Nov 16
@just4him Yes, they are open to tourists now , thanks to Obama.
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Felicia Kane
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
29 Nov 16
Change is going to happen and it is great. People are going to grow up learning something different about Cuba instead of what we had to learn. Amazing
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Nov 16
Yes it is.