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Diaz-canel to succeed 86-year-old raul castro as president. miguel diaz-canel had been vice president since 2013 but it is notable that cuba now has leader who was born after the communist revolution that brought the castros to power. the castro reign again in january of 1959 after rebels led by fidel castro ousted a u.s.-backed dictator. fidel tangled with over a dozen u.s. presidents during nearly half a century in power. then he handed the leadership role to his brother and officially resigned as president. raoul was chose to succeed him. fidel died in 2016 at the age of 90. now, raoul was selected sorry. keep it there. raoul was selected to serve a second term as president in ....
That were carried out, starting the first of january of 1959, when much of the world was looking at fidel castro as a robin hood, after the dictatorship in that cuba had been under, with batista, which, by the way, just to be clear, was seven years. castro s going on 58-plus years without an election. so, i think there s some truths that you can t peel back onions and look at grays. you either kill people or you don t kill people. either there are political prisoners like an afro cuban who spent 17 years in political prison, an aftro cuban doctor wo spent 25 years in prison. if you talk about an afro cuban lady last month, 70 years old, in cuba who was beaten senseless because she was having a study chat with her neighbors about freedom of cuba. those aren t gray peeling the onions. ....
I think everybody is in unity on this. it is a good thing. on maybe what the united states is going to do going forward on this. you know i would, first of all, congratulate judy. this is a joyous occasion for the gross family. this is something we should all celebrate. you re right. there s a real difference of opinion here. i think it s long overdue to ease up travel restrictions, to establish regular relations with cuba. to try to do everything we can to normalize relations. i think that would be a good thing for both countries and the people of both countries. and, senator, how do you think that americans going to cuba when the rest of the world travels to cuba and has been doing so since january of 1959 and trading with cuba since 1959. how do you think that the simple fact of americans going to cuba not canadians, not mexicans, just americans are going to change the political discourse ....
I m not saying anybody allegedly involved in this, the names in the head didn t. icahn denied any untoward behavior and the gambler and golfer knew nothing. somebody knew something. so this, whether it s true or not, feeds the cynicism on the part of average investors, the system is rigged, i can t make money like charles payne can. what do you say? i say the system is not perfect. i say there are all kinds of shenanigans but typically child support-lived moments in the life of an investment. if you look at clorox, the stock. bought in january of 1959 you d be up over 500%, well ahead of rate of inflation, maybe toward your dream retirement, forgetting whatever happens with this deal. so, if you want to play he big guy game, a tough game, that s when you have to be concerned. who hasn t heard of clorox, very ....
John xxiii, who was an important pope who called the second vatican council that put in all the changes we know today. when he was elected pope in 1958, many thought john xxiii, the good pope, would have a caretaker papacy. but he called for the council, meeting of the world s bishops that would shake things up. took the cardinals by surprise to say the very least. sat that open mouthed when they heard pope john newly crowned pope, state this in january of 1959. and there was an immediate reaction like, what the heck is this all about. at that council was a young polish bishop who would later become pope john paul ii, woho ....