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Why Is Fidel Castro A Phenomenal Leader

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There is a multitude of mixed feelings over the death of Fidel Castro. Castro was a phenomenal leader, sometimes tho, not the good kind. Castro created a better schooling and health care program. It is a great accomplishment to bring a country to almost 100 percent literacy. Castro also led other countries to independence. At the same time he did all the good, he was doing horrendous things. Fidel Castro blocked what came in and out of his country, he let nuclear weapons be built on the island, and treated the citizens poorly. Fidel ended the segregation between the darker skinned Cubans and the lighter skinned ones, letting them go where they pleased, but also treated citizens as slaves, tortured, and even murdered some if he believed

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