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The Amherst Student

Volume 152 • Issue 1

The Amherst Student

The Newspaper of Amherst College Since 1868

Friday, March 24, 2023

Michael Baca '06

Contributing Writer

Number of Articles: 1

First Article: November 10, 2005

Latest Article: November 10, 2005

Castro's legacy will be less romantic than that of Robin Hood

By Michael Baca '06

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November 10, 2005

Like his boyhood idol, Benito Mussolini, Fidel Castro dragged his country off into an abyss in his pursuit of glory. His red terror and ill-conceived economic policies reduced the once thriving Cuba into a shell of its former self. Contrary to popular belief, Castro played only a secondary role in toppling Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Batista’s days became numbered not when Castro organized his band of rebels in the Sierra Maestra but rather when Cuba’s upper and middle classes grew weary

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