any capitalist politician would have done the same - I agree
Castro faced a level 5 hurricane last year. 1.5 million people were evacuated to higher ground. 20,000 houses were destroyed. But not a single life was lost. Not one.
Castro is not a socialist, but a doctator who uses socialist rhetoric. He is a Bonapartist strongman, but their system is set up to regard people more than the market.
The US is turning away help... http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/8/31/235829/261 http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/03/katrina.world.aid.reut/ ...from 50 countries, including Cuba, which has offered 1,100 doctors and 26 tons of medicine.
Bush cut the natural emergency funding 44% when a hurricane liek Katrina was predicted as the top 3
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Date: 2005-09-05 03:41 am (UTC)Castro faced a level 5 hurricane last year. 1.5 million people were evacuated to higher ground. 20,000 houses were destroyed. But not a single life was lost. Not one.
Castro is not a socialist, but a doctator who uses socialist rhetoric. He is a Bonapartist strongman, but their system is set up to regard people more than the market.
The US is turning away help...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/8/31/235829/261
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/03/katrina.world.aid.reut/
...from 50 countries, including Cuba, which has offered 1,100 doctors and 26 tons of medicine.
Bush cut the natural emergency funding 44% when a hurricane liek Katrina was predicted as the top 3