Honduran army soldiers chase supporters of former President Manuel Zelaya after violence broke out following a military coup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on June 29, 2009 [File AP/Eduardo Verdugo]
On November 1, just prior to the elections in the United States, US President Donald Trump tweeted with regard to his Democrat rival: “[Joe] Biden is a proven Castro puppet! Vote TRUMP.”
The tweet did not specify any Castro in particular, but it is likely the reference was to late iconic Cuban leader Fidel, a staunch critic of US imperial aggression in Latin America and capitalism in general – a system he accurately saw as perpetuating poverty.