• redthebaron [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    if i recall corectly fidel castro told lula to not give up on politics after losing an election it was something like "you do not have the right to abandon politics, you don't have the right to do that to the working class" absolute mvp of latam

    • Redcuban1959 [any]
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      2 years ago

      If I remember correctly Lula had lost an election for governor, in Cuba, Fidel asked how many votes he had won. When Lula said 1 million, Fidel responded with "Lula, never in the history of Brazil has a working class man received so many votes. You can't give up, these people need you."

    • Shoegazer [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Castro should’ve made more political ads telling Americans to :vote:

  • supafuzz [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    maybe the left leaders in South America have gotten less based because now they don't have to worry about disappointing Fidel anymore

    • FidelCastro [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Has more to do with playing it smart and not getting assassinated. Anyone too far left often gets offed before they can take power. Once they do, it’s hard for the CIA to overthrow them (see Venezuela)

      • Shoegazer [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I mean Allende was in office but he was still killed. Though reactionary forces were ripe in the government, similarly to Brazil right now with the recent coup attempt.

      • AvgMarighellaEnjoyer [he/him,any]
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        2 years ago

        Not being a radical has never stopped the CIA from killing or couping popular leftist leaders in LatAm. A lot of CIA-backed repression in LatAm in the late 20th century eas against lame ass reformists or socdems. It doesn't have anything to do with radicality, any vaguely leftist economic program will go against American interests, which is why despite being a super republican socdem Lula was politically persecuted.
        He isn't being smart, he's being naive.

  • Sicko [any]
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    2 years ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_Forumountry You guys dont know how based Lula can be, if only the CIA didnt exist im sure probably most of Latin America would be a single socialist country by now.