"When asked about the country's current leadership, urban Cubans were split fairly evenly: 49% said they approve, while 39% disapproved, and 13% did not offer a response." http://www.gallup.com/poll/25915/Just-One-Four-Urban-Cubans-Satisfied-Personal-Freedoms.aspx
"among most of the domestic Cuban population, Castro appears to remain hugely popular." http://www.coha.org/sunrise-over-south-america-the-changing-face-of-socialism-in-the-21st-century/
45% of Americans approve of Barak Obama's job, while 46% disapprove http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/gallup-daily-obama-job-approval.aspx
That is, the truth is that "Sr. Castro" is more popular in his country than is Obama in his.
Peter Fay http://theclearview.wordpress.com
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 5:48 PM, John Wesley <godisamethodist at yahoo.com>wrote:
> Why does it matter what this old, quaint autocratic relic of a bygone era
> has to
> say about anything?
> One day I'm quite confident that we'll finally learn the truth -- that Sr.
> Castro had no more real popularity than Brother Mohamar ever did!!
>
> Mike S Goodman
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