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This Movie Got It Wrong

posted 16 years ago by joeparkson
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The end of the movie shows Castro's Rebels taking over the country and everyone leaving Cuba ASAP.

In reality, the USA doomed Dictator Batista by not giving him the military weapons he asked for in March 1958. When Castro took over New Years Day 1959, he visited New York was hailed as a hero in the USA. Many Americans continued to live in Cuba for at least a year under Castro. When he began nationalizing American owned businesses, the USA retaliated by placing embargos on certain trade goods. Castro stepped up his nationalizations and that's when Americans left, since they no longer had jobs.

The USA closed it's embassy in Havana in Jan. 1961, just before the inauguration of Kennedy.

In April 1961, President Kennedy gave the green light to a CIA backed invasion of Cuba which had been planned by President Eisenhower in 1960.

The invasion (Bay Of Pigs) failed and probably persuaded Castro to get Soviet Missles intalled in Cuba against future invasions.

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[–] Pharaoh-in-de-Nile 13 years ago

"In reality, the USA doomed Dictator Batista by not giving him the military weapons he asked for in March 1958."

A good thing too! At least peasants didn't have to live in fear of getting their noses or ears hacked off by Batista and his cronies.

"Nothings gonna change my world!"

[–] actor90 13 years ago

No, they just had to worry about going to communist prisons that many died in, or were shot out right.

[–] CmdrCody 13 years ago

The secret Bay of Pigs operation was "blown" by a Castro agent(s) within the freedom fighters, before the invasion got started. They never had a chance. How else would Castro have all of his T-34 tanks, heavy artillery and picked troops massed near the invasion beach just in time to counter the landing ?

CmdrCody

[–] Pharaoh-in-de-Nile 13 years ago

" within the freedom fighters," - CmdrCody

Yes, fighting for freedom... freedom to exploit the poor; freedom to infest their country with gangsters and US imperialists!

"The game's afoot!"

[–] Pharaoh-in-de-Nile 13 years ago

"No, they just had to worry about going to communist prisons that many died in, or were shot out right." - actor90

Yes like all those sexualy abused and tortured in the Gunatanamo prison... oh wait, that particular hell-hole is a US run "camp"!

"The game's afoot!"

[–] sfrsez 12 years ago

thats a horrible arguemnt, probably beacuse u r retaded. so are you in all hoenst saying castro was a great man? f u

[–] sfrsez 12 years ago

why dont you reply to his post, instead of bringing up a different topic. hopefully u die soon. uselss fgt

[–] millsey72 (10947) 2 years ago

He can't reply to your post. He probably moved to Cuba and since has been rotting in a prison cell

[–] robfwoods 12 years ago

The movie showed ONE plane leaving - there was not even an implication that everyone was leaving.

Amazing this film got through US censors - it gives some damn good reasons why Batista had to go.