US reactions to the death of Fidel Castro
NOVANEWS
By Lawrence Davidson
Rejoicing at the death of a hero
There was something both sad and disturbing about popular American reactions to the death of Fidel Castro on Friday 25 November 2016. According to the New York Times, news of his death caused much of the Cuban American population of south Florida to “fill Miami’s streets with song”. Those were songs of “rejoicing” rather than dirges. We will examine why these celebrations occurred later in this analysis. However, first we want to give Señor Castro his due.
Fidel Castro was the man who led the successful effort to overthrow the brutal and reactionary dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista – a dictatorship that had the backing of the US government.
The Castro-led victory of 1959 began a long period of transformation for Cuba, ra...