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LIGHTS OUT FOR CUBA AS COMMUNISM FAILS Cartoon published 03/18/2026 Fidel Castro was a darling of the Democrat-dominated mainstream media when he took power. The New York Times wrote fawning articles about him and portrayed him as a romantic revolutionary hero. Even Walter Cronkite broadcast hopeful and optimistic reports about the bearded socialist. The cigar-puffing Castro captured the hearts of the socialist left in America. That cigar has long gone out along with all the lights in Cuba. Socialism eventually runs out of other people’s money and that has, once again, happened in Cuba. The Cuban people are poor—there are shortages of food, medicine, oil, and electricity in the island nation. Castro would have certainly blamed the US for each and every problem Cuba has ever had, but now the socialist excuses ring hollow. Cuba should be a paradise—its people are industrious, intelligent, resilient, and high-spirited, but their spirit has been damaged from decades of communist leadership. Anyone who stood up politically was quickly hammered down and put into prison. Castro promised free elections, but once he came to power he said, “Elections? What for?” As it turned out, Castro was not romantic at all—he was a bloodthirsty tyrant. Even Khrushchev was shocked when Castro urged him to nuke America preemptively to prevent them from trying another invasion. Castro was a romantic in the sense that he loved the ladies. He is most likely the father of Justin Trudeau. They look a lot of like, but we digress. Looking back, perhaps Kennedy should have acted with more force against the island dictator. Instead, he half-heartedly approved The Bay of Pigs Invasion, which ended up being a total flop due to the lack of follow through by the US military. If he had removed Castro, there would have been no Bay of Pigs disaster. Another result: Kennedy fired CIA leader Allen Dulles, who almost certainly played a part presidential assassination plot. Kennedy underestimated the power of the military industrial complex—the same people Eisenhower warned the nation about before he left office. Castro and his forces took over Cuba on January 1, 1959. It led to 67 years of tyranny and if Castro could still be alive, he would be shaking his fist at Trump right now. Still, the reality is stark. Socialism has failed once again. Cuba can no longer depend on China or Russia to prop them up. Their only hope is allowing capitalism and prosperity back into the country—and President Trump wants to make that happen. Maybe soon, Cubans will see the light of freedom returning to their country. — The GrrrTeam