How many died resisting Castro's theft of property?

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Here are a few quotes from an article about Castro in Cuba. It is worth a read.

http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=18739

By Humberto Fontova
FrontPageMagazine.com | July 15, 2005

This is the first in a series of articles we are preparing on "Left-wing Monsters" and that will include Che Guevara, Robert Mugabe, Pol Pot, Mao, Stalin, Lenin etc. The entire series will be permanently posted on DiscoverTheNetworks.org -- The Editors.

Fidel Castro entered Havana on January 8, 1959, to wild acclaim from all quarters. Most Cubans were jubilant; Castro was promising an end to the corrupt governments that had plagued Cuba since independence. Far from any Communism, Castro was promising a revolution "as green as Cuba's palm trees!" with national elections in three months. Private property would be secure, a free press guaranteed, friendly relations with the U.S. were essential.

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In 1958 Cuba, a nation of 6.2 million people, had 159,958 farms -- 11,000 of which were tobacco farms. Only 34 percent of the Cuban population was rural.

Confiscated farms remained in Cuban government hands as state farms on the Soviet model.

. . . .

Carlos Machado was 15 years old in 1963 when the bullets shattered his bound body. His twin brother and father collapsed beside Carlos from the same volley. All had resisted Castro's theft of their humble family farm.

 

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That's part of his newest book, called Fidel: Hollywood's Favorite Tyrant

It's eye-opening, even for a Miami native like myself. I thought I had heard all the nasty stories about Castro, but they just keep coming.

Other excellent Humberto Fontova books, for the sportsman in the family, are "The Helldivers' Rodeo" and "The Hellpig Hunt."

Yes, I own them all, and yes, I'm kind of plugging a buddy here.