Adios El Presidente

For 50 years Fidel Castro and Cuba have resisted American imperialism. For 50 years Fidel Castro and Cuba have stood alone against American hegemony in Latin America.

Castro's rule wasn't perfect but that was mainly due to actions taken by America. Like so often before (Iran, Guatemala etc) and so often after (Congo, Chile etc), America used force to try to thwart the Cuban revolution and restore their cronies. This in turn drove Cuba into the Soviet Union's arms. One can only imagine what sort of a (democratic) state Cuba would have become had America not intervened.

What lies on store for Cuba now that Castro is going? Will it become truly democratic state or will it revert to what it was before Castro: an American vassal?