Fidel Castro (Cuba)

Approval Rate: 59%

59%Approval ratio

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    pharaoh111

    Sat Apr 17 2010

    Guy would have had a sainthood had it not been for his endless thirst for power. Unfortunately, that just turned him into a dictator instead of a hero.

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    zorohem

    Tue Mar 30 2010

    ...no...

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    ronaldtheriot

    Tue Mar 09 2010

    If one likes Stalin, Lenin, Mao, Hitler, and Mussolini, then Castro should be right up their alley. Obviously, one of the most malignant world leaders in history. Amazing he's still around (March, 2010).

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    jester002

    Sat Jan 23 2010

    Communism died twenty years ago Fidel...so why wont you?

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    irishgit

    Mon Mar 23 2009

    Appears that his race is all but run, and the speculation now is on his successor and what changes will occur in a "new" Cuba. Castro's long tenure as leader of Cuba was marked by some domestic sucesses and as many failures. Internationally he was less successful, becoming either a pariah, a useful stooge or a caricature in the eyes of most of the world UPDATE: Castro is a thug of whom the best it can be said is that he sold out the people that he purported to liberate. Che is a thug in thrall to the aforementioned thug Castro. I don't see any "leftists" extolling the virtues of either, except for very stupid ones.

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    ladyjesusfan77_7

    Mon Mar 23 2009

    I don't think there's a lot of anything positive to say about Fidel Castro. He is a dictator, has a rotten personality, and treats his people like the dirt under his feet. And that's putting it mildly.

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    eschewobfuscat_ion

    Mon Mar 23 2009

    A communist dictator admired and revered by many liberal democrats in America.

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    jim9713

    Thu Oct 09 2008

    should be shot.

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    30_going_on_13_thanks_to_nkotb

    Sat Aug 09 2008

    not fan of a guy who doesnt let other express themselves or if they do fear of death.

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    michael_jenkins

    Wed Jul 23 2008

    A total nutjob, thank god he is out of power.

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    myspace_30849171

    Wed May 07 2008

    pretty screwed up, yet his people have better care than we do...strange

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    trebon1038

    Sun Mar 23 2008

    The good news is this guy finally got too old and ill to keep control. Maybe Cuba won't be such a bad place now...lets hope his brother isn't as cruel as he was.

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    twansalem

    Wed Mar 12 2008

    Well, I guess there have been worse leaders during the course of history, but Castro gets extra bad politician points for being the dictator.....oh, um, I mean president of Cuba for so long.

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    louiethe20th

    Sun Mar 09 2008

    A dictator that had been a thorn in the side of the U.S. for many years!

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    wiseguy

    Thu Mar 06 2008

    His long reign of power had little to do with political experience.

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    rok100

    Mon Mar 26 2007

    Taking the international politics out of the question, Fidel Castro is probably one of the smartest leaders of any Latin American country - just look at how he played President Jimmy Carter like a loose slot machine! Fidel Castro brilliantly played our immigration policies like a chess game and used them perfectly when he dumped his criminals, his drug addicts and his right-wing loonie-to0n Fr0ot L0oPz right on our door steps! Now we've got wingnutz like Ileana Ros-Lehtinen here, they're getting elected , saying NuTtY-WhACk-As$ G0ofy SHiT - and, unlike Tony Montoya, she didn't even bring a suitcase full of Columbian Dancing Flakes to the party in Miami. In the words of  Desi Arnaz "I jis' don like her, she's got some 'splainin' to do."  She can start her "splainin'" with her open admiration for the murdering right-wing terrorist Luis Posada Carriles. The rumors about his involvement in a certain Dallas, Texas political assassination ALONE seem to indicate the need for a Sodium Pentatho... Read more

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    blue47

    Thu Feb 22 2007

    LOL, he's outlived 'em all!

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    canadasucks

    Thu Feb 22 2007

    A filthy pig. . .three stars for staying alive this long. . .defies the notion that only the good die young. . .

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    genghisthehun

    Thu Feb 22 2007

    He has sunk to a mere Commie padrone in the good old Latin style. He has survived on pure merit and the love of his people. (chortle)

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    lee77b0b

    Fri Jan 26 2007

    Fidel will be remembered long after the other people on this list are forgotten.

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    redrobbo

    Thu Dec 08 2005

    Yes, Castro is a dictator but Cuba is a genuinely socialist government that looks after its people in some ways better than we do. It may not have all the mod cons of western society, but it has an education and National health Service which puts us (UK) to shame, not to mention the USA that doesnt even have one.

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    rocket_robin_hood

    Wed Apr 27 2005

    Well, he has survived a long time and he has outlived just about everyone else except the Queen! He is a character, if nothing else. Good for amusement, but not funny for the Cuban people.

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    thedude25

    Wed Apr 27 2005

    I bet most of the people giving Casto low marks have either not been to Cuba in 40 years or have never been at all. I was in Cuba a couple of years ago and in the 3 weeks I was in Havanna, I only saw one homeless person. Great hospitals, free college, and very active nightlife. Buildings were being renovated all over the city. I can also credit Castro with saving my dad's life by allowing a plane taking him to a hosptial in Miami to fly over Cuban air space. Also, the majority of the people I met, including in non-tourist areas, were perfectly happy with living in Cuba today.

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    tocwelsh

    Fri Dec 24 2004

    Castro, a man who has now totally lost his mind, never had much of one before, a dictator who when he finally leaves this earth should be buried in concrete,......

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    chalky

    Sat Oct 09 2004

    communism isn't bad if done in the right way......castro should really burn bush w/one of his cigars

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    sfalconer

    Fri Sep 17 2004

    How has the world tolorated this ruthless dictator for so many years is beyond me. He is a tyrant very similar to Sad-man Husgone.

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    truthordare

    Thu Sep 16 2004

    I don't like him, period. But his uncanny ability to hang around proves he is effective in some way. He killed JFK, kicked all his (daddy's) mobster buddies out of Havana, and managed to evade or thwart all the CIA's efforts to whack him. He's a despot and cruel, but he's still in power.

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    numbah16tdhaha

    Mon Aug 09 2004

    Good at pissing us off.

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    aneudy25

    Wed Jun 30 2004

    Money, Power, & Respect!

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    sarkia

    Fri Apr 02 2004

    Certainly a ruthless dictator, but his regime has also created decent education - and healthcare systems for the average Cubans. Castro isn't any worse than his fellow Caribbean dictators Rafael Trujillo(Dominican Republic 1930-61) and Francois Papa Doc Duvalier(Haiti 1957-71; under his rule the illiteracy rate remained at about 90%.) who were considered anti-communist in Washington for their willingness to shoot any discontented peasants. Fidel isn't either as corrupt as those two, who stole millions for themselves and to their inner circles. Communist Cuba is anyway soon finished after he is gone.

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    anonymous

    Fri Jan 16 2004

    Despite the fact that he is a Communist, education in Cuba has improved since he took over from the previous dictator in power. People have been getting poorer and poorer, though.

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    jglscd35

    Mon Dec 22 2003

    if world war 3 broke out, the only survivors would be the cockroaches and castro.

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    president_x_d

    Fri Oct 10 2003

    The United States has an equal obligation to remove Castro from power, equal to their obligation to remove Saddam. Castro is a brutal dictator and his crimes have far outweighed Batista's for decades. So, why then is this country going after Saddam? Why not Castro? It's all about the oil, right? Wrong. Castro is impotent compared to Saddam. The US has major military installations ON THE ISLAND OF CUBA. Castro's every move is monitored very closely, and he does not pose the same threat as Saddam's Iraq does. Castro will die soon; when that happens, I firmly believe that this country will assist Cuba in developing representative government.

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    ladyshark4534

    Thu Oct 09 2003

    Hey! He was once a great baseball player!

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    redoedo

    Wed Jun 11 2003

    Why is this man still in power? The U.S.S.R. has been insolvent for a decade. Kennedy made the promise not to invade Cuba to the Soviet Union, and since that nation is no longer in existance, the deal is not applicable, and thus, there is no reason for us to tolerate this man any longer. However, I agree with X-D: Castro will be dead soon, and when he finally croaks, the United States should assist Cuba in developing a representative government.

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    tigercap

    Sat Jun 07 2003

    Want to know about Castro? Don't ask a Hollywood Liberal. Ask someone that lived there! Human rights violations abound.

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    bryakd

    Wed May 28 2003

    A butcher, a self absorbed unelected butcher who only cares about what he wants. He got where he is today by lieing, cheating, and using everyone around him. Hes an unelected tyrant that is so pre occupied with "missle crisis" and such that he doesnt care about his people. This is the George Bush Forum right?

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    melchezadek

    Mon May 19 2003

    I love America. I respect Cuba and Fidel. Neither Cuba nor America are beyond reproach. Cuba's human rights abuses are exaggerated and pail in comparison to China's, for example.

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    mcspongeicus

    Wed Apr 23 2003

    People who dislike American policies seem to automatically like Castro. He is not as bad as Saddam Husein or any of those but he is still bad. Dissidents are put in jail without trial, people are denied free speach. He has done some good things, cuba have made some medical advances but overall its time for him to step down and hold elections.

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    poblacht

    Wed Apr 09 2003

    Popular with his people and among the greatest leaders of modern history. Its also about time that the majority of AMERICANS critising Cattro realise that the world does not relove around your country. America is only concerned with its own interests and uncocerned with the plight of innocent people, be it in Iraq, Afghanistan etc. If the Americans were so concerned with evil dictators, why are they responsible for putting most of them in power. Remember Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaraguia etc. They only thing they are liberating the people of Iraq from is their oil. P.S. if you are so concerned with 'non-elected tyrants' why is Bush in ofice?

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    klytie

    Thu Apr 03 2003

    Heh, I can't believe this guy got a few 5star ratings...yeah, his people love him so much, they're risking their lives to get to America!

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    holyman

    Fri Mar 14 2003

    needs to admit he has been defeated.

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    the_pumpkin

    Sun Mar 02 2003

    Un-elected, communist tyrant, who has to hold his people hostage...a sure sign of a great country. Only a moron would rate him higher than 1

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    reenyf4b

    Sat Mar 01 2003

    Castro cleaned up Cuba. He kicked out the gangsters and crime lords, but his attempts to improve Cuba's economic situation have not been very successful. I believe he definitely had good intentions and definitely wanted to make things better for Cuba early on, but over the years his power has gone to his head and he has gained the reputation of being an autocratic dictator who has let is ego take over and has little patience for those who don't go along with his ideals. Nonetheless is an intelligent man whom I do have some admiration for, especially for banning racism in Cuba which was very brazen in pre-Castro Cuba.

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    anmalone

    Fri Feb 28 2003

    One insignificant childish petty Tyrant whose only significance is his nation's proximity to the USA. His island is a prison.

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    solenoid_dh

    Wed Feb 26 2003

    He's deceptive, power-hungry, and hates our traditional American way of life. He reminds me too much of Hillary.

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    brownin

    Wed Feb 26 2003

    Despite his oppression of the Cuban people, Castro is probably the Smartest man in the Western Hemisphere. The proof is here.. how can ONE man rule an island for SOOOOO LONG without being ousted... this man has to have a lot of SMARTS.

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    fredwah

    Sat Dec 14 2002

    A geriatric Stalinist whose time has long passed.