• JoesFrackinJack [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    damn, shitty editorial aside, that's pretty dope the dude lasted till 90. I mean part of me has issue with an age like that still in a position of power. However i genuinely don't know how well he did his job still at that age since not everyone completely looses it in their old age, so it's not fair to blanketly state it's bad IMO. Regardless, that's an impressive timeline for him serving since the revolution, that makes me think he was pretty fuckin good regardless of age due to principles and history. im surprised they even mentioned the bay of pigs in that article the most actually lmao

    • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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      4 years ago

      Castro was only running the Communist Party, the actual president was and is Diaz-Canel, who now also has Castro's position. Honestly seems like a pretty smart and well paced hand-off to the new generation.

    • PlatinumJester [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      It's quite likely that he was a figure head for a lot of it and that the heavy lifting was done by other senior party officials with his blessing.