Quote Originally Posted by euphoricism
Quote Originally Posted by biondino
And the other 9,999? (not taunting Will this time - I know nothing of Cuban history but was always under the impression Castro was fairly benign as dictators go)
Well, he *was* the leader of a guerilla movement that overthrew the older government. I'm not sure coups count, though.

Not up on my cuban history either. Just know that people will do obscenely dangerous life-threatening things to escape the place, so its gotta be pretty bad.
They don't want to leave Cuba as much as they want to enter America. They have a skewed version of what life would be like for them if they just get across that border.