No, he got to where he is today by killing or jailing everyone who opposed him. Don't know how this speaks to his intelligence level, but you gotta admit it works if power is your only goal.

People don't rise to the top and remain there as long as Castro has without intelligence. And if most Cubans hated him and the way they're governed, would he have lasted this long?

Or maybe you are going to say there's no "proof" Castro killed and jailed political opponents?

It wouldn't surprise me if he has. But a comparison of the first 50 years of Cuban communism with the first 50 years of American capitalism doesn't necessarily redound to our credit. Or maybe you're gonna say there's no proof of American slavery and genocide in those first 50 years?

When we offered to take in Cuban refugees, he emptied his jails and prisons and let us have his criminals. Ya gotta admire that.